Head of Troubled Oregon Liquor Commission Abruptly Retires

Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission director hired to clean up bourbon-hoarding scandal to retire

The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission oversees the state's liquor stores. (Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission/Flickr)The state administrator Gov. Tina Kotek picked to stabilize the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission in the wake of a bourbon-hoarding scandal announced his retirement Thursday. Craig Prins will leave the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission effective July 1, he said during the commission’s Thursday meeting. Kotek urged c…

Oregon liquor commission director to retire after two years on the job

Gov. Tina Kotek initially selected Craig Prins to stabilize the OLCC, which has been mired in controversy the past few years.

Head of troubled Oregon liquor commission abruptly retires

Craig Prins, the state administrator tapped by Gov. Tina Kotek to steady the beleaguered Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, announced Thursday his abrupt retirement after two years on the job.

OLCC director hired to clean up bourbon-hoarding scandal to retire - Salem Reporter

The state administrator Gov. Tina Kotek picked to stabilize the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission in the wake of a bourbon-hoarding scandal announced his retirement Thursday. Craig Prins will leave the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission effective July 1, he said during the commission’s Thursday meeting. Kotek urged commissioners to hire Prins, formerly the state prison system’s internal watchdog, in February 2023 to correct the commission…

Oregon to exit dog-racing business - The New Era

Gov. Kotek signs a bill prohibiting the state’s vast online gambling books from taking bets on greyhounds.   BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project Gov. Tina Kotek shut the door this week on Oregon’s large, if largely invisible, role in the rapidly declining sport of greyhound racing.  On May 7, Kotek signed House Bill 3020, which, according to a staff summary, “prohibits any person from wagering on the outcome of a greyhound or other dog ra…

Oregon will finally exit the dog-racing business

Gov. Tina Kotek shut the door this week on Oregon’s large, if largely invisible, role in the rapidly declining sport of greyhound racing. On May 7, Kotek signed House Bill 3020, which, according to a staff summary, “prohibits any person from wagering on the outcome of a greyhound or other dog race, or accept or facilitate such wagering, regardless of the location where the race takes place.”The bill might seem confusing or even unnecessary, give…