The audit led to Fagan's resignation in May 2023. Fagan had a $10,000-a-month contract as a consultant for La Mota, a ...

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Former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned in disgrace in May 2023 after reporting from Willamette Week revealed she had taken a $10,000-per-month consulting gig for the cannabis company La ...

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read announced his decision on Wednesday to remove a 2023 audit of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission from a public database following ethics concerns under ...

As WW first reported, then-Secretary of State Shemia Fagan consulted with Rosa Cazares, a principal in the troubled cannabis chain La Mota, before her auditors examined the OLCC. Cazares proposed ...

Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday announced that he has withdrawn an Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission audit associated with the scandal that ended a predecessor’s political career. He ...

Former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned in disgrace in May 2023 after reporting from Willamette Week revealed she had taken a $10,000-per-month consulting gig for the cannabis company La Mota ...

New Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday withdrew the scandal-marred audit of the state’s liquor and cannabis commission that ended a predecessor’s political career. “My team ...