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Why are flags at half-mast across Oregon?
Gov. Tina Kotek ordered all flags across Oregon public institutions to be at half-mast in memoriam of longtime state Senator Peter Courtney, who died Tuesday at 81. PORTLAND, Ore. — Public institutions across Oregon are flying their flags at half-mast …