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By MONICA SAMAOYA/Oregon Public Broadcasting As California adopts the nation’s strictest law to transition to zero-emissions vehicles in the next decade, Oregon officials say they’re set to follow suit. The California law bans the sale of new gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs in the state by 2035 as a way to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions. It also requires car manufacturers to

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Abortion providers in Oregon have seen a recent rise in demand for abortions from women from states that have adopted bans or are in the process of doing so, officials said at a news conference Thursday. “We are seeing people from almost every red state in the country right now – Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Idaho,

By GARRETT ANDREWS/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Longtime Oregon lawmaker Betsy Johnson has qualified to appear on the November ballot as a nonaffiliated candidate for governor. On Thursday afternoon, the Oregon Elections Division notified Johnson that enough signatures on her nominating petitions had been verified to qualify her as a candidate, and that her name would be printed on the

By ADAM DUVERNAY/Eugene Register-Guard EUGENE — Several pieces of Oregon’s landscape may soon leave behind their now-offensive names, including a mountain in Lane County called by a word more commonly associated with the Nazi Party than its ancient religious meaning. The Oregon Geographic Names Board, which is responsible for reviewing name change proposals brought by residents and suggesting if they should

By NIGEL JAQUISS/Willamette Week There’s some grumbling around the water cooler at Oregon Lottery headquarters in Salem. The source of their discontent is a matter of public record — two of the agency’s top employees have moved permanently to sunnier climes far from Oregon — and to states where there’s no personal income tax. Oregon’s rate tops out at 9.9