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Unlike the order by Gov. Kate Brown last spring, this is a voluntary step that hospital administrators are taking to give themselves flexibility to be able to handle an influx of patients.

The two leading GOP candidates for governor met this week in Washington County to explain to voters how they’d be the best state leader and best to challenge Democratic Gov. Kate Brown. They touched on healthcare issues like mental health and the opioid crisis. Businessman Allen Alley decried the “cabal of special interests” in charge in Salem, but both candidates oppose limits on campaign finance.

The state also switched to a lottery sign-up system in the Portland area after 400,000 people tried to sign up for about 3,500 spots on Thursday.