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Oregon’s legal psilocybin clinics draw hundreds – mostly from out of state
Psilocybin clinic owners say they’ve drawn clients from Texas to California to New York and Indiana willing to pay hotel, airfare and food costs and up to $2,000 for the experience.
Oregon economists revise revenue forecast, state will have extra $217 million to spend
The Office of Economic Analysis last week revised its December revenue forecast, saying it overstated an expected increase in tax collections.
Harney County judge declares Measure 114 on gun safety unconstitutional
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said she will appeal the ruling on the state gun regulation measure.
Crisis hotline opens for farmers, ranchers, loggers and fishermen in Oregon
The Agristress line is specialized to address the needs of farmers, ranchers, loggers and fishermen. They often work in social and geographic isolation and have the highest suicide rate of occupations in Oregon.
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley calls for ceasefire in Gaza
Sen. Jeff Merkley is the first member of Oregon’s congressional delegation to explicitly call for a ceasefire.
State and resettlement groups help Ukrainians in Oregon
The Oregon Department of Human Services will distribute $2.25 million in federal grants to help people from Ukraine.
Oregon Republicans plan legislation to ban teacher walkouts as Portland strike continues
Portland teachers are in their third week of a strike. Most other states, including Washington and Idaho, ban teacher strikes.
Oregon and Washington fruit packers vote to unionize fails
OREGON NEWS: Nearly 60% of the nearly 330 fruit packers of Mount Adams Fruit voted against joining a local of United Food and Commercial Workers.
Oregon’s first large-scale solar park and farm hinges on 50-year-old land use laws
A Willamette Valley farmer behind the state’s first “agrovoltaic” farm says critics cannot stop ‘an idea whose time has come.’