Senate OKs law banning straws from restaurants — Plastic straws could be off the menu under a measure making its way through the Oregon Legislature. The Oregon Senate voted 23-6 Thursday to prohibit restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws unless a customer asks. Drive-thrus could still be able to offer straws. Sen. Michael Dembrow, a Democrat from Portland, said that single-use plastics may be convenient, but they carry long-term environmental costs. Oregon would become the second in the nation after California to enact such a measure. Cities — including Seattle, New York City, and Portland — have moved to ban plastic straws. The proposal goes to the House for consideration.

Salem woman accused of neglecting 35 cats gets jail — A Salem woman arrested for neglecting 35 cats — causing the death of three — by leaving them zip-tied in laundry baskets without food and water for three days was sentenced to 15 days in jail. Jenny Kleimeier, 46, was sentenced this week to five years of probation after pleading guilty to five counts of second-degree animal neglect. She and her husband, Richard Kleimeier, were arrested on three counts of first-degree animal neglect and 32 counts of second-degree animal neglect after Marion County Sheriff’s deputies discovered 35 cats inside a U-Haul outside the couple’s northeast Salem home. Kleimeier is barred from owning any domestic animals for the next 15 years. Richard Kleimeier’s next court appearance is set for later this month.

Man on sailboat allegedly had jugs of liquid meth — The U.S. Attorney’s office in Oregon said a Canadian man was charged Thursday with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after 28 jugs of liquid meth were allegedly found on the sailboat he was piloting off the Oregon Coast. When Coast Guard personnel boarded the Mandalay on Tuesday, John Stirling’s speech began to deteriorate and he displayed signs of a possible drug overdose. The 65-year-old was evacuated by helicopter for treatment. Stirling made an initial appearance today in federal court in Portland before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman and was ordered detained pending trial.