Conrad Wilson
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A former prosecutor is making Republicans’ case against Democrats’ grip on Oregon politics -
Four former staff have been identified in federal civil rights lawsuits, so far two have been criminally charged -
On Sunday, possessing drugs will again be a crime in Oregon, after lawmakers rolled back the state's pioneering drug decriminalization bill. But enforcement may look different across counties.
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The controversy surrounding Clackamas County’s program centered around what the state Legislature meant by deflection when it rolled back key parts of Oregon’s drug decriminalization law earlier this year. -
The ruling won’t immediately allow Oregon cities to begin penalizing unhoused people for resting on public property, due to a state law that puts limits on sweeping public camping bans. -
In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court called Oregon’s public defense system a “Sixth Amendment nightmare,” referencing the part of the U.S. Constitution that requires the state to provide defense attorneys to those it charges with crimes if they cannot afford a lawyer. -
The federal government contends the officer — identified in court documents as John Doe 1 — wasn’t aiming for Donavan LaBella’s head when he shot LaBella with less-than-lethal impact munition on July 11, 2020. -
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that Gov. Tina Kotek didn’t have the authority to send a woman who completed her sentence one year ago back to prison, and ordered the woman’s immediate release. -
The litigation, first filed in April 2020, covers some 5,000 people who were in custody at one of the state’s prisons and contracted COVID-19. A separate wrongful death class covers the estates of 45 others who were in prison at the time they died from the disease. -
Oregon State Police Superintendent Casey Codding was among the troopers who responded after police in Oregon identified a former Washington state police and school resource officer who allegedly kidnapped his 1-year-old son and killed two women, including the child’s mother, in West Richland, Washington.
