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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