Oregon’s longest-serving state representative broke state ethics laws when he tried to secure a $66,000 raise for his work as an executive director at the Columbia Development Authority of Boardman, the state’s government ethics watchdog found Friday. Seven members of the Oregon Government Ethics Commission on Friday unanimously found that Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, a […]
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a new website for Americans to use to search and locate criminal foreign nationals who’ve been arrested in their neighborhoods.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court will decide on Friday whether to consider a case allowing state and local governments to sue fossil fuel companies for alleged damages related to climate change.
WASHINGTON – Last month, a U.S. House of Representatives committee discussed this year’s version of a bill that requires companies that invest in lawsuits to reveal themselves.
(The Center Square) - Lawsuit abuse and judicial bias are two of the main reasons why Los Angeles was identified as the worst “judicial hellhole” in the country, according to a national report released Tuesday by the American Tort Reform Foundation.
(The Center Square) – A federal judge has approved the release of grand jury materials from the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted child sex offender and close associate of Jeffrey Epstein.
(The Center Square) – An employee is accusing union officials of illegally declaring a Michigan manufacturing plant a “closed shop” and compelling dues deductions.
The top local prosecutor in the Portland area is cautioning against “unreasonable expectations” for his ability to charge federal agents using state law, after signing onto a statement last week warning the Trump administration that its officers could be held accountable for excessive force. The district attorneys in Oregon’s three most populated counties and Oregon […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide a case challenging President Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship.
