Oregon Department of Justice

Changes to Oregon’s law would require the state Department of Justice to consider new evidence pointing to people’s innocence.

A six-day trial over the constitutionality of recently approved Oregon gun laws ended Monday after lawyers for the state Department of Justice ended three days of tense testimony.

An annual report by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shows a rise in hate crime. Officials say this troubling trend is due to both better reporting and an increase in incidents.

Republicans failed to win a temporary restraining order delaying House Bill 2002. The party's Capitol walkout continues.

House Bill 2572 would provide the state with new tools to prevent paramilitary activity, which has been unlawful in all 50 states, including Oregon, for decades.

Oregon’s convoluted regulatory system helps explain how this scandal happened.

An Oregon circuit court judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state’s voter-passed restrictions on firearm sales and magazine capacities from taking effect.

The Oregon Supreme Court denied a state Department of Justice petition asking the court to intervene and throw out a lower court’s temporary restraining order blocking the law from taking effect.

Hours after a federal judge ruled a ban on high capacity magazines in Oregon can take effect Thursday and put a 30-day hold on the permit requirement to purchase a firearm, a state circuit court judge blocked the law from going into effect in its entirety.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has announced she wants to postpone one provision of the gun safety measure approved by voters last month.

Eugene’s annual report on hate and bias showed a sharp decrease in the number of incidents in 2021. But city officials caution there might be more to the story.

Several Oregon agencies have combined their efforts to begin a statewide foreclosure prevention campaign. Through this awareness campaign, Oregon Housing and Community Services, Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon Division of Financial Regulation and Oregon Consumer Justice aim to help homeowners stay in their homes.