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Thursday, HB 4002 passed on the House Floor 51-7. Representative Emerson Levy proudly voted yes on the treatment-first plan brought forward by the Joint

If Oregon Senate President Rob Wagner hadn't canceled Friday's session, it would mark the 10th day that Oregon’s Republican state senators have walked out in protest of policies backed by the Democratic majority. But on the ninth day, a coalition advocating for the bills threatened by the walkout launched a protest of its own.

On May 16, Multnomah County voters will decide whether to pass a new tax that will allow people facing eviction free legal representation. Yet politicians and community groups aren't convinced it's the right approach.

Oregon's Office of Public Defense Services plans to increase attorney fees and adopt other incentives to ease the public defender crisis.

Officials have approved a plan for spending $10 million of emergency funding to address Oregon’s public defender crisis, which has left hundreds of people languishing in jails or in the community awaiting legal representation.

Portland City Council voted Thursday to approve a plan to ban unsheltered homelessness and create mass outdoor homeless encampments across the city. The package of five resolutions, introduced by Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Commissioner Dan Ryan two weeks ago, outlines a number of aspirational and unfunded plans to address homelessness and housing needs. The initial proposal aimed to create up to three “designated camping sites” with space to hold up to 500 people in...

A state board fired the head of Oregon’s state public defense agency Thursday, just eight months into his tenure.

Oregon's Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters named four new members to the Public Defense Services Commission. On Monday, she fired all nine members.

One day after firing all nine members of the commission that oversees the state’s public defense system, Chief Justice Martha Walters announced she has already appointed a new commission that