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With advancements in artificial intelligence technology, Oregon’s largest private employer — Intel — has a team aiming to restore online trust with AI recognition and finding responsible ways to use the tech.

Washington state is creeping toward legalizing psilocybin services, perhaps following in Oregon’s footsteps. The House passed a bill Tuesday that would allow the state to establish a framework for use of the drug. 

Amid a renewed nationwide focus on police qualifications following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, an Oregon lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require law enforcement officers to complete at least two years of higher education.

On Monday, May 8, Shemia Fagan will officially resign as Oregon’s Secretary of State after raising ethical concerns sparked by her paid consulting contract for local cannabis company La Mota while her office was auditing the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.

The Oregon State Treasury’s Office wants more state residents to take advantage of the Oregon College Savings Plan – especially more low-income families and minority families. 

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Partisan tensions in Oregon skyrocketed this week because Republican state senators haven’t shown up to work since Tuesday, meaning the Democrats who control the chamber don’t have enough people to lawfully convene. The move is casting doubt on planned votes set for this week on legislation about gun control, abortion rights […]

After 11 years out to pasture, including being housed and restored in a North Portland warehouse, it’s time for a new home to be found for the historic and beloved Jantzen Beach horses.

TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — The email went out to legal cannabis growers around Washington state, alerting them that another of their colleagues had gone under. “Liquidation sale,” it said. Attached was a spreadsheet of items up for grabs: LED grow lights for $500 apiece. Rotary evaporators for hash oil, $10,000. Across the Columbia River in […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Amid a renewed nationwide focus on police qualifications following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, an Oregon lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require law enforcement officers to complete at least two years of higher education. Police departments have wrestled for years with officer education requirements. Many say that raising […]

After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year?