September 29, 2024

An Oregon politician turned to a secret $10,000 monthly deal with a weed firm because her $77,000 salary couldn’t cover her student loans and divorce

 An Oregon politician turned to a secret $10,000 monthly deal with a weed firm because her $77,000 salary couldn’t cover her student loans and divorce

Shemia Fagan, the secretary of state, choked back tears as she apologized “for harming the trust that I and so many others have worked so hard to build with you over the last few years.”

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan apologized Monday for taking a job as a consultant for a marijuana company part of an industry that her office just audited that paid far more than her state sa…