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Gov. Tina Kotek has previously denied the claim that she fired former OLCC Director Steve Marks earlier this year at the behest of a controversial cannabis entrepreneur.

A lawyer for Oregon Recovers said in a letter that restaurant owner and Commissioner Kiauna Floyd has a conflict of interest.

The change follows reporting of one troubled chain that was allowed to expand despite racking up a big debt.

Top Republicans called for Fagan’s resignation, and leading Democrats cited major concerns in the wake of the Secretary of State’s decision to moonlight for a cannabis company amid an audit into the industry.

A month after lawmakers killed a bill that would have raised beer and wine taxes, state officials are considering increasing a tax on hard liquor.

Oregon 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.

Buttery, 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.

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%.

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.

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.

Oregon’s convoluted regulatory system helps explain how this scandal happened.