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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito last week recused himself from oral arguments in the Louisiana coastal erosion case Chevron USA v. Plaquemines Parish, raising new-found concerns among tort-reform advocates over the lawsuit’s potential outcome.

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THE DALLES — A Wasco County jury has found Edwin Diaz II guilty on all counts including assault and criminal mistreatment, according to an announcement by Wasco County District Attorney Kara Davis.

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THE DALLES — Circuit Court Judge John A. Wolf was appointed to serve as the next presiding judge of Oregon’s Seventh Judicial District on Dec. 3, assuming the reins from Judge Karen Ostrye, who has held the position since 2022.

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Federal lawyers are asking an appeals court to overturn a recent ruling in Oregon that blocked President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland. On Friday, lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice gave notice that they’re appealing U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut’s Nov. 7 ruling to the 9th Circuit Court of […]