The Eugene Police Department reported a drop in some types of property crimes last year, but an increase in some violent offenses, according to new data.

Oregon lawmakers are advancing legislation that would set ground rules for automatic license plate reader technology.

In the last two weeks, two class action lawsuits against the J.H. Baxter company have been reclassified as civil suits. Both filed in the spring of 2021, they stemmed from noxious odors and dioxins from its now-shuttered Eugene plant.

On this episode of Oregon On The Record, host Michael Dunne talks with U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai about the role of the federal judiciary, judicial restraint and how checks and balances function during times of political pressure. Kasubhai also explains how federal cases are assigned and reviewed.Later, Eugene Public Library Services Director Angela Ocana discusses the library’s budget challenges and an upcoming local levy, outlining how it supports library services, early literacy, neighborhood access and community education.

The Florence City Council voted Monday to continue their contract with private automatic license plate company Flock Safety.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson are among the officials in Oregon and Washington responding after a man was shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.

The Trump administration may be losing its fight over access to Oregon voters’ private data. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Eugene said he’d tentatively decided to dismiss the federal government’s lawsuit.

Luis Nino-Moncada was charged after he fled an immigration traffic stop on Jan. 8. He was arraigned in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty.

Oregon lawmakers will soon consider a bill that would require communication companies to quickly respond to domestic violence, or stalking warrants.

The Trump administration highlighted the Oregon crash, which killed a newlywed couple, in its continued crackdown on immigrant truck drivers. The mother of one of those killed said the couple would have been “broken-hearted” by the anti-immigrant rhetoric following the incident.