Date: 04/24/2015 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Legislation expanding background checks will be getting a full House vote for the first time since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting after an Oregon House committee narrowly approved it on a party-line vote. The House Committee on Rules voted to advance a bill requiring background checks for nearly all private firearm sales. Critics have argued background checks aren’t effective.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Senate has backed a bill allowing motorcycles to pass between cars or trucks during highway traffic jams. Motorcycle and moped riders on a highway with a speed limit of at least 50 mph would gain the right to pass between vehicles if traffic moves at no more than 10 mph. Critics worry it will increase the risk of collisions.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The pilot of a small plane missing on a flight through Oregon’s Willamette Valley has been identified as a Vancouver, Washington man bound for his hometown. Authorities say the single-engine, Piper PA-28 Cherokee plane carrying 41-year-old Lee Leslie took off late Tuesday afternoon from Hobby Field in Creswell, Oregon. Leslie is believed to have been alone in the plane.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – The commander of a U.S. Coast Guard vessel has been temporarily relieved of his post, and the service said it has lost confidence in his ability to lead. The Coast Guard identified him as Cmdr. John Bitterman, who took the helm of the Astoria-based cutter Steadfast in July. The Coast Guard would not specify a reason.
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