Oregon
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Oregon Judge Says He Would 'Eliminate All' Guns
"Dump them in the ocean."
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Portland Cops Agree to Lose 48 Hour Waiting Period After Using Deadly Force in Exchange for 3 Percent Pay Raise
Shouldn’t have had it in the first place, but it’s the unsurprising product of allowing public employees to collectively bargain with government
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Oregon Wastes Millions on Renewable Energy, New Audit Reveals
An external audit finds rampant mismanagement of the state's now-shuttered Business Energy Tax Credit program.
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Federal Charge Against Native American Teen Over a Gram of Marijuana To Be Dropped
Following outcry over seemingly arbitrary nature of the charge, federal prosecutor comes to his senses.
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Native American Oregon Teen Busted with One Gram of Marijuana Faces Federal Charges
The war on weed continues, even in a state where it's been legalized.
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Marijuana Competition Coming to Oregon State Fair
The annual institution known for dull, innocuous, family-friendly fare adds three cannabis competition categories.
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Can a Person Demand the Government Not Acknowledge Traditional Gender at All?
Oregon citizen convinces a judge to change sex to ‘nonbinary.’
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Transgender Pronoun Policing Leads to Government-Mandated Speech
Will a requirement, by law, to refer to an individual as 'they,' hold up?
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Friday A/V Club: The Evacuation of Portland, Oregon
Cold War artifact of the day
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Exchanging Anything of Value for Sex Will Soon Be a Crime in Oregon
The measure is now awaiting the signature of Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.
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Step by Step, Pot-Legalizing States Free Their Marijuana Markets
Officials learn the hard way that high taxes and red tape just encourage black markets to continue
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Ammon Bundy Arrested; Shots Fired; One Dead (UPDATED)
Details vague; passive voice deployed.
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Whatever's Going on in Oregon, It's Not Terrorism
Terrorism is the use of violence against noncombatants for a political purpose. That's not what's happening here.
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Join Reason for a Happy Hour in Portland Thursday!
Come drink and shmooze with fellow freedom-minded folk at Portland's Bit House Saloon.
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How Uber Wins
And how Uber winning can be a win for almost everyone.
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Watch Matt Welch on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher Tonight at 10 PM ET
Oregon shooting, Planned Parenthood, Iran nukes, plus Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson!
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Obama Talks Earnestly of Simple Laws that Could Have Prevented Oregon Shooting, Names None
How can we know simple gun safety laws would help when we know nothing about circumstances of how the killer got the gun?
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Several Deaths Reported at Community College Campus Shooting in Oregon (Updated: Obama Comments)
From seven to fifteen reported dead.
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Legal Marijuana Sales Begin in Oregon Tomorrow
Before state-licensed shops open next year, medical dispensaries get to serve recreational consumers.
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The Case for the 'Right To Die'
Despite fears, Oregon has seen no signs of abuse