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The Oregon Department of Justice has hired the Portland office of Perkins Coie to investigate allegations of discrimination and mismanagement at the state's economic development agency, Business Oregon.

A state board is expected to decide Thursday whether a controversial quarry will be allowed in southeastern El Paso County. Transit Mix Concrete needs the Mined Land Reclamation Board's approval to mine the Hitch Rack Ranch property. The board will begin a two-day hearing at 9 a.m. Wednesday on the project, which has drawn the ire of residents who say it could endanger their water supply and wildlife. But it has been endorsed by some Colorado Springs City Council members and legislators, who want the mountain bike park that Transit Mix has promised as a quid-pro-quo for the new mine. The hearing at the Hotel Elegante, 2886 S. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette

The Colorado Springs City Council voted Tuesday to pass the amended annexation agreement for Banning Lewis Ranch. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette

Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced she's settled on May 21 as the date to call Oregon lawmakers back to Salem to extend an existing business tax break to sole proprietors.

A 34-year-old man is being sought for allegedly killing a woman and critically wounding a man Sunday night in east Colorado Springs, police said. But William Camacho Jr. had been sentenced to be in prison until 2020, court records show. The female victim was deceased and the man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after the shootings about 9:15 p.m.

Wheaton Warrenville South defeated Neuqua Valley in a DuPage Valley Conference softball game.