Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is in Portland to recognize its work in community policing. The nation’s top prosecutor plans to visit a middle school today in which police officers teach skills to help students resist gangs and violence. She’ll also visit a Boys & Girls Club.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s governor has signed trailblazing legislation that will raise the minimum wage to nearly $15 in six years and do so through a three-tiered system that has not been tried anywhere else in the country. The increases surpass those adopted by any other state so far. The first increases will occur in July.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — House lawmakers passed two bills almost unanimously that will knock down hurdles in the courtroom for victims of rape. One measure would remove the existing 12-year statute of limitations on first-degree sex crimes when there’s additional corroborating evidence, even if there’s no DNA evidence available. The other would require law enforcement agencies to test all rape kits, including the existing backlog of thousands.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have given final approval to pioneering legislation that would eliminate coal from the state’s energy supply by 2030 and double state mandates on renewable power by 2040. The bill would make Oregon the first state to adopt legislation to eliminate coal-fired power. The bill would require Portland General Electric and Pacific Power to stop supplying coal-fired energy to Oregonians by 2030.
