The judge ruled the psychiatric hospital has failed to comply with a court order to admit within seven days patients unable to assist their defense.

Both Marion and Polk counties are planning on cutting positions that have been vacant. And Marion County intends to add nearly a dozen jobs.

The Oregon Health Authority and Oregon State Hospital have been found in contempt and fined for violating the U.S.

Oregon judges are offering free wedding ceremonies in June to celebrate marriage equality, with events in Portland, Beaverton ...

The seven-point plan includes increasing flexibility around the guidelines attorneys follow for maximum caseloads.

Oregon Public Defense Commission Director Ken Sanchagrin had delivered a plan to Gov. Tina Kotek on how the commission will ...

Disability Rights of Oregon alleged the state failed to adhere to a permanent injunction from 2003 that requires OSH to admit ...

U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson will begin calculating $500 daily fines for each person left waiting in a local jail more ...

Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would loosen restrictions on how police can use drones. A coalition that ...

In early May 2025, nearly 4,400 people statewide are awaiting court-appointed attorneys, many of them charged with low-level misdemeanors, according to the Oregon Justice Department. The number of ...

Among Gov. Tina Kotek's list of expectations for the new agency director was an estimate on when Oregon's unrepresented ...