The order is the latest salvo from the Oregon bench as the state continues to struggle to ensure people accused of crimes have attorneys.

House Bill 2614 would also allow the Oregon Public Defense Commission to continue contracts with nonprofit public defenders and private law firms.

Washington County’s presiding judge on Wednesday ordered the largest public defense law firm in the county to turn over data that will, in effect, show how busy their staff attorneys are. Judge ...

President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order targeting college accreditors, a group of largely unknown but ...

House Bill 2016 would limit how long the Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists would keep some disciplinary information online.

The town halls, touted as calling for federal oversight, comes after the Oregon Department of Justice filed more than a dozen lawsuits against the Trump administration. Rayfield also joined Mayes ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Education said Thursday that it refuses to jettison diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in public schools, despite threats from the Trump ...

The Justice Department moved to drop charges Wednesday against a man they had alleged to be a “major leader” of the MS-13 gang – just weeks after publicly lauding his arrest – a move his ...

When asked about immigrants fearing deportation, Rayfield directed those in need to the Community Toolkit page of the Oregon Department of Justice website, which lists guidance and resources for ...

Enterprise Information Services is currently investigating a cyberattack that has targeted the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. "We are in the process of shutting down networks to ...

The Justice Department’s investigation into Matt Weiss, the former Baltimore Ravens and Michigan assistant football coach accused of hacking into the personal accounts of more than 2,000 college ...