A federal judge in Oregon declared that a state law could not require the Keizer-based Oregon Right to Life organization to provide abortion insurance coverage for its employees, handing a seemingly narrow victory to the state’s leading anti-abortion advocacy group. U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai, a Biden appointee, ruled from the bench on Tuesday […]

A former one-term Republican lawmaker who lost his reelection primary in a landslide after splitting with the party over abortion rights and transgender health care is running for the Oregon House again, this time as an Independent. Charlie Conrad, a former police officer from rural Lane County, announced his run for Oregon’s 12th House District […]