AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-shootings-coronavirus-pandemic-oregon-gun-politics-89612a59477b5bb77564be0f2f19ae48Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-shootings-coronavirus-pandemic-oregon-gun-politics-89612a59477b5bb77564be0f2f19ae48Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote in the Oregon Legislature, with backers saying it will save lives and opponents contending it could lead to deaths.Meanwhile, in Colorado, a less sweeping gun storage bill was...…AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-shootings-coronavirus-pandemic-oregon-gun-politics-89612a59477b5bb77564be0f2f19ae48Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-shootings-coronavirus-pandemic-oregon-gun-politics-89612a59477b5bb77564be0f2f19ae48Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote in the Oregon Legislature, with backers saying it will save lives and opponents contending it could lead to deaths.Meanwhile, in Colorado, a less sweeping gun storage bill was...WW…

AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-news-arkansas-coronavirus-pandemic-rochelle-walensky-0b11e46a18dc52ca337e86759b5fe418Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-news-arkansas-coronavirus-pandemic-rochelle-walensky-0b11e46a18dc52ca337e86759b5fe418Click to copyRelated topicsPresident Joe Biden’s pleas for states to stick with mask mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus were being largely ignored Tuesday as several Republican governors stayed on track to drop the requirement in their states.Biden and the director of the Centers for Disease Control...…AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-news-arkansas-coronavirus-pandemic-rochelle-walensky-0b11e46a18dc52ca337e86759b5fe418Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-news-arkansas-coronavirus-pandemic-rochelle-walensky-0b11e46a18dc52ca337e86759b5fe418Click to copyRelated topicsPresident Joe Biden’s pleas for states to stick with mask mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus were being largely ignored Tuesday as several Republican governors stayed on track to drop the requirement in their states.Biden and the director of the Centers for Disease Control...WW…

AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/oregon-decriminalize-drug-possession-6843f93c3d55212e0ffbdd8b93be9196Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/oregon-decriminalize-drug-possession-6843f93c3d55212e0ffbdd8b93be9196Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other drugs as a ballot measure that decriminalized them took effect on Monday.Instead, those found in possession would face a $100 fine or a health assessment that could lead to addiction counseling....…AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/oregon-decriminalize-drug-possession-6843f93c3d55212e0ffbdd8b93be9196Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/oregon-decriminalize-drug-possession-6843f93c3d55212e0ffbdd8b93be9196Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other drugs as a ballot measure that decriminalized them took effect on Monday.Instead, those found in possession would face a $100 fine or a health assessment that could lead to addiction counseling....WW…

AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/portland-islamic-state-group-oregon-339234187767229148dc62d7e5d3f388Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/portland-islamic-state-group-oregon-339234187767229148dc62d7e5d3f388Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man was indicted Thursday after authorities said he supported the Islamic State group by distributing articles on how to kill and maim with a knife and encouraging readers to carry out attacks. Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, 31, appeared in federal court in Portland on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a...…AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/portland-islamic-state-group-oregon-339234187767229148dc62d7e5d3f388Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/portland-islamic-state-group-oregon-339234187767229148dc62d7e5d3f388Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man was indicted Thursday after authorities said he supported the Islamic State group by distributing articles on how to kill and maim with a knife and encouraging readers to carry out attacks. Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, 31, appeared in federal court in Portland on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a...WW…

AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/marijuana-oregon-elections-a7bf2c4477ca38a31bd140848c023061Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/marijuana-oregon-elections-a7bf2c4477ca38a31bd140848c023061Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon became the first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin and methamphetamine and to legalize therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms on Tuesday, with two ballot measures passing by large margins.Measure 110 would completely change how Oregon’s justice system treats those who are found with personal-use amounts of the hard...…AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/marijuana-oregon-elections-a7bf2c4477ca38a31bd140848c023061Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/marijuana-oregon-elections-a7bf2c4477ca38a31bd140848c023061Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon became the first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin and methamphetamine and to legalize therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms on Tuesday, with two ballot measures passing by large margins.Measure 110 would completely change how Oregon’s justice system treats those who are found with personal-use amounts of the hard...WW…

AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-wisconsin-yakima-michigan-washington-4157bf2123c13d72e3efca35ade8f7b2Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-wisconsin-yakima-michigan-washington-4157bf2123c13d72e3efca35ade8f7b2Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots in time to be counted in Wisconsin and around Detroit, including using a priority mail service.Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, issued the order on Friday after...…AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-wisconsin-yakima-michigan-washington-4157bf2123c13d72e3efca35ade8f7b2Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-wisconsin-yakima-michigan-washington-4157bf2123c13d72e3efca35ade8f7b2Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots in time to be counted in Wisconsin and around Detroit, including using a priority mail service.Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, issued the order on Friday after...WW…

AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-elections-oregon-voting-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-7c39732510827b5ac039f6bb0e1c465bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-elections-oregon-voting-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-7c39732510827b5ac039f6bb0e1c465bClick to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Republican secretary of state hailed the state’s pioneering vote-by-mail as an example for the rest of the nation on Friday, though another election official warned of likely delays in announcing election results because of the coronavirus.Secretary...…AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-elections-oregon-voting-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-7c39732510827b5ac039f6bb0e1c465bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-elections-oregon-voting-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-7c39732510827b5ac039f6bb0e1c465bClick to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Republican secretary of state hailed the state’s pioneering vote-by-mail as an example for the rest of the nation on Friday, though another election official warned of likely delays in announcing election results because of the coronavirus.Secretary...WW…

AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/429f97bdf66aaa28a4dd43879a412503Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/429f97bdf66aaa28a4dd43879a412503Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters battled two large wildfires Friday that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon, including the suburbs of Portland, and the governor said dozens of people are missing in other parts of the state.The state’s emergency management director, Andrew Phelps, said officials are “preparing for a mass fatality event” and that thousands of structures have been destroyed.Gov. Kate...…AP NEWSADVERTISEMENThttps://apnews.com/429f97bdf66aaa28a4dd43879a412503Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/429f97bdf66aaa28a4dd43879a412503Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters battled two large wildfires Friday that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon, including the suburbs of Portland, and the governor said dozens of people are missing in other parts of the state.The state’s emergency management director, Andrew Phelps, said officials are “preparing for a mass fatality event” and that thousands of structures have been destroyed.Gov. Kate...WW…