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PGE announced that it is putting in the second-largest battery storage installation in the United States, at 400 MW of power. The significance of such projects is they diminish the need for power plants that burn fossil fuels that warm the planet

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Oregon, long known for its potent marijuana, would be competing with other pot-producing states — particularly California, which also has a vast oversupply — for the export market if marijuana is ever legalized nationally.

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For most of her life, Christina Wood felt like she had to hide her identity as a transgender woman. Six years ago she moved to Oregon, where she had readier access to the gender-affirming health care she needed to live as her authentic self.

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Opposing groups sued in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, saying the law violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

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Critics object to the way the program would be financed.

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Rukaiyah Adams will lead the 1803 Fund. 

Investments in Portland’s historic Black community will be managed by the newly established 1803 Fund, headed by Rukaiyah Adams

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Gov. Tina Kotek 

The Democratic governor said regardless of the court’s decision about mifepristone’s availability, patients in Oregon will have access to it for years.

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Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when cannabis fans gather in clouds of smoke at music festivals, celebrate with all-you-can-deals on munchies, and take advantage of pot-shop discounts in legal weed states.

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The high-powered firearms — once banned nationwide — are now the weapon of choice among young men responsible for most of the country’s devastating mass shootings.

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Joy Panyanouvong of Doc & Yeti Urban Farms, a licensed cannabis producer, trims marijuana plants in Tumwater, Wash., on March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Johnson) 

Legal marijuana growers along the West Coast are struggling with oversupply, low prices and limited outlets for selling their product.

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