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Kristian Foden-Vencil/OPBOregon Senate Republicans are asking Gov. Tina Kotek to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the scandal surrounding top executives and managers at the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, who diverted specialty bourbons away from public consumption for their own personal use. -
Damian Dovarganes/APButtery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons, and a growing cult of aficionados is willing to pay an astonishing amount of money for these increasingly scarce premium American spirits — and even bend or break laws.
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Gov. Tina Kotek has chosen the new chairman of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, which is under investigation for corruption. -
Some of the state's top budget writers want a closer look at the project, which has gone up in price by more than 133%.
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Craig Prins has served as an internal watchdog within the Department of Corrections since 2016. He will take over an agency in flux after a recent scandal.
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Steve Marks, director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, will step down after revelations he and other top managers at the agency saved bottles of rare bourbon to purchase for themselves and friends.
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Oregon’s convoluted regulatory system helps explain how this scandal happened.
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The Governor is asking OLCC to replace all the managers and executive leadership accused in an internal investigation of using their access to benefit themselves and their friends.
