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Oregon's attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns

Welcome to the Thursday, December 15, Brew. 

In her final weeks in office, Brown commuted the sentences of all 17 people on death row in the state. Capital punishment is legal in Oregon, though its last execution was in 1997.

Oregon's Measure 114 gives county sheriffs and police chiefs discretion to determine who qualifies to purchase a firearm. Opponents say the criteria to make those decisions is ambiguous.

More than a million acres of state forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multi-year drought

Ms Brown is the latest Oregon governor to extend a moratorium on executions in the state

Brown: “The state should not be in the business of executing people.”

Oregon Governor Kate Brown used her executive powers to change the sentences to life in prison without a chance of parole. The Democrat politician has a history of releasing convicts

‘Stalking is one of those crimes where law enforcement has a hard time doing anything,’ domestic violence expert says

Colorado and Oregon offer distinct windows into how efforts to decriminalize psychedelics and legalize psychedelic medicine may play out in other states.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Oregon wood products manufacturer that operates a Northern California lumber mill linked to September’s deadly Mill fire has reached settlement agreements with most of those who brought claims against the company, attorneys for the company and for fire victims said Tuesday.