A southern Oregon state senator announced Tuesday that he would seek the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. The campaign of Sen. David Brock Smith, a Republican from Port Orford, pointed to his long roots in southwest Oregon, describing him as a third-generation resident and former restaurant owner who led his family’s business for 45 years. […]
Less than a year after a bipartisan bill to streamline the payout process for exonerated Oregonians stalled, Oregon lawmakers are trying their hand at a narrower piece of legislation. Senate Bill 1515, sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee, aims to strengthen a 2022 Oregon law allowing those who have been wrongfully accused of a crime […]
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, in commemoration of Human Trafficking Awareness Day, announced Monday the creation of a new Labor Tra…
The U.S. Supreme Court could force Oregon into doing what every other state already does — requires every juror to vote to convict before a pe…
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum testified before the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee on April 2 in support of stronger guns laws, sp…
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will join her Task Force on Hate Crimes in Portland, Eugene and Medford next week to hear from Oregonians impacted by hate-motivated conduct.
SALEM—Oregon’s attorney general has launched a downloadable guide for Oregonians who are concerned about a family or household member in possession of a gun or other weapon. Oregon’s new “Red Flag Law,” also called the Extreme Risk Protection Order law, allows a judge to issue an order that permits weapons to be taken away from people who are deemed a risk to themselves or others.
Oregon joins 17 other states, six cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors to block the new question added by the Trump administration. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, 17 other state attorneys general and six cities filed suit Tuesday to block a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
To the editor: Oregon voters have the power to change the course of state management in this election and the opportunity to do so when they vote for Bud Pierce, Dennis Richardson, Jeff Gudman, and Daniel Crowe. These are change candidates for Oregon who can bring a new perspective to Salem because they are not bound by special interests or party politics. They simply love Oregon and want better for this diverse and beautiful state.
The Baker City Herald, Sept. 9, on the stance Oregon has taken about federal expansion of regulations on waterways:
