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Secretary of State Tobias Read is asking for more money to help ensure voters can skip mailing their ballot this year.

Economists also say the state may be in for more revenue as lawmakers craft a budget next year.

The Wasco County blaze is one in a series of fires that have burned large swaths of Oregon, straining local resources and piling on the emotional toll on residents.

A judge at the federal courthouse in Portland Friday denied bail to five of the militants arrested near Burns earlier this week in connection with the…