"Resignation and Cannabis Contract Controversy Shake Oregon's Secretary of State Office"

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan used language proposed by La Mota co-owner Rosa Cazares to shape the scope of her office's Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission audit, from which Fagan would later recuse herself to take a private consulting gig with Cazares' weed chain. Fagan's office says it can locate no email or text sent from Fagan's official device to which Cazares was replying, but spokesman Ben Morris said that Fagan likely shared it with Cazares outside of formal channels.