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This month features performances by Weird Al Yankovic, Blues Traveler, Beach Bunny, Kevin James, Anais Mitchell, Lil Tecca and a revamped drag ball

SALEM — Animal agriculture could soon be considered animal cruelty under a proposed ballot measure in Oregon. Farm groups are pushing back against Initiative Petition 13, which would strip away most protections for livestock producers under the state’s animal abuse laws. The result would effectively criminalize everything from slaughtering livestock to basic animal husbandry, including branding and dehorning cattle, castrating bulls and docking horses, sheep and pigs, said Mary Anne C...