Stay updated with breaking news from Joint Ways. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Keypoint: This week Indiana’s bill continued to advance in the House (after previously passing the Senate), lawmakers voted bills out of committee in Iowa and Oklahoma, and new bills...
We track nearly 30 proposals in the Oregon Legislature, including some that have died, showing where they are in the legislative process.
Plan would add public defenders in counties hardest hit by shortage as state continues to violate constitutional right to counsel
Oregon lawmakers have agreed to spend a new plan to patch the state’s failing public defense system, which for months has failed to meet its constitutional obligations.
This week new bills were introduced in Arizona, Iowa, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin, bills were voted out of committee in Florida, New York, and Ohio, and there was more movement on the VCDPA amendment bills.