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The Oregon Legislature’s 2014 SB 1531 is the bill of the hour (and the day and maybe the Session) and the Oregonian has been tracking the story, along with other news sources around the state. Many Oregon cities and communities are debating the issue and some have already passed laws.

The Oregonian has (among other medical marijuana articles) this useful 2/14/14 compilation of local laws: Medical marijuana: Oregon cities that have banned dispensaries

The Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (state) has their own compilation of medical marijuana laws.

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“Our New Report Looks at Bitcoin in 40 Countries,” February 4, 2014 by Kelly Buchanan

The foreign law specialists and analysts at the Law Library of Congress recently completed a report that highlights the emerging global discussion around approaches to regulating virtual currencies, particularly Bitcoin. [Link to LOC blog post and report.]

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PACER has been a regular jumping bean lately, bouncing up and down, up and down.

While these PACER back-ups are not perfect, and you’ll need to verify document currency when PACER is back up again, some law librarians say in a pinch they might still be useful:

1) PlainSite

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Ask and ye shall find.  From Legislative Counsel:

“We plan to have the 2013 ORS posted on the legislative website by the end of January.”

Our official print 2013 ORS  arrived on December 31, 2013.

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We’ve updated our guide to legal research, and other, databases in Oregon county law libraries:

OREGON COUNCIL OF COUNTY LAW LIBRARIES (OCCLL): ONLINE DATABASE SUBSCRIPTIONS

(or from this Washington County Law Library webpage – under “O” for OCCLL).

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The 1990’s Thomas dot gov becomes the 00’s (beta) Congress dot gov. It’s about time, but bittersweet nonetheless. Thomas was on the cusp, riding the web wave, a time and money saver to us all, and made teaching federal legislative history a little more fun than it was in the all-paper days.

So visit Congress dot gov: Let’s hope its ratings will be higher than the branch of government after which it is named (e.g. see Gallup).

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Clean sanitation is an issue for lawyers, not just public health workers (and just about everyone else). Save lives, increase infant mortality, live longer:  Every day is World Toilet Day.

The Gallagher Blogs post, Bathroom Humor with a Serious Message, links to several law review articles about the subject.

For more, visit PHLUSH (Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human), which is an all-volunteer advocacy group based in Portland, Oregon.

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Remember “unfunded mandates?” They never really went away so you may as well get reacquainted with them. (See also, National Conference of State Legislatures on unfunded mandates.)

Interesting story in the Salem (Oregon) Statesman Journal, 11/21/13:

State Must Spend Millions for ID Law

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