Tag: Oregon state government

GOP lawmaker charged in Oregon Capitol protest has COVID

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SALEM, Ore. — A Republican state lawmaker who authorities say let violent protesters into the Oregon Capitol in December says he is ill with...

Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic...

Challenge Cup final will include a limited number of fans

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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Thorns will host Gotham FC in the Challenge Cup tournament final before a limited number of fans on Saturday,...

Oregon ensures safe storage of guns; bans them from Capitol

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SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would mandate safe storage of guns and ban them from the state Capitol....

Oregon extends COVID workplace mask rule indefinitely

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon adopted a controversial rule on Tuesday that indefinitely extends coronavirus mask and social distancing requirements in all businesses in the...

Oregon governor’s office denies NWSL request for more fans

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's office has turned down an appeal by the commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League to allow...

NWSL commissioner appeals to Oregon governor for exemption

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PORTLAND, Ore. — The commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League is appealing to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to make an exception to the...

Oregon officials to investigate police killing of man

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SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s attorney general and a district attorney announced Thursday that a joint investigation will be conducted into the police killing of...

Pacific Northwest faces shutdowns amid rising virus cases

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When the coronavirus pandemic hit the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington, their governors quickly reacted with shutdowns. Now they are about to...

Former Oregon U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse dies at age 84

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Elizabeth Furse, who represented northwestern Oregon in Congress for three terms in the 1990s, has died from complications related to a...