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Oregon lawmakers and providers who serve people with drug and alcohol addictions have a common goal: making the state’s decriminalization drug law work.

The bill would help semiconductor companies secure federal money, bolster university research and aid in securing sites for the industry

The study found that atmospheric aridity, or dry air, was far more determinantal to the health of Douglas firs than a lack of rainfall.

Under the agreement, Oregon’s Department of Forestry will expand buffers around habitable waterways throughout the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests.

All three bills come on the heels of pending lawsuits over a law approved by voters in November 2022 that bans high-capacity magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Lawmakers are trying to close a loophole for data centers and force some of Oregon’s biggest carbon emitters to move to cleaner sources of power.

The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would end Oregon’s reputation as one of just two states that bans self-service pumps in most settings.

Oregon’s Tillamook Forest Center had a chilly but chipper start to its grand reopening on St. Patrick’s Day after a 3-year hiatus spurred by the pandemic.

A centrist political group that Democrats fear could spoil President Joe Biden’s re-election is now a recognized Oregon political party.

The National Marine Fisheries Service said “extraordinary measures” are needed to address the deficient populations of California Chinook salmon stocks in ocean seasons for 2023.