After the entire court system of Oregon moved its public records online with software from a private vendor, the county government in Portland hired the same company, Tyler Technologies, to upgrade its criminal docket system. But that initiative hit a $1 million snag that stalled the project and has now sparked a federal lawsuit.
Read moreThe Central Oregon Wild Horse Coalition sued the Crook County Commission, claiming it held a meeting without adequate notice where they took action “which could result in the ultimate extinction of the Ochoco wild horse herd,” in Deschutes County Court.
Read moreBills to ban police use of chokeholds and tear gas, create a state database of officer misconduct, require cops to stop the misconduct of other officers and report it, and a new task force to recommend further legislation all headed to the governor’s desk Friday.
Read moreOregon Governor Kate Brown commuted 57 sentences Thursday due to the inmates’ “risk for significant health challenges should they contract Covid-19.”
Read moreLawmakers in Oregon advanced police accountability bills in a special session that kicked off Wednesday due in large part to pressure from nightly protests in Portland and across the state demanding an end to police violence.
Read moreA class action against all 36 Oregon counties claims they unconstitutionally seize and sell property for “small, sometimes minuscule amounts” of unpaid real estate taxes and keep all of the money, including money that exceeds the amount of taxes owed, in Deschutes County Court.
Read moreOregon Gov. Kate Brown’s ban on large church services – intended to slow the spread of Covid-19 – was within the law, Oregon’s high court ruled Friday morning.
Read moreThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday it would remove the Borax Lake chub, a fish native to Oregon, from the list of endangered wildlife. The agency said the threats to the species have been reduced to a point where it is no longer threatened.
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Protesters in Portland shut down a major freeway in Oregon Monday night, and unlike almost every one of the previous 10 nights of mass demonstrations here, police refrained from shooting copious amounts of tear gas into largely peaceful crowds.
Read moreChallenges piled up Wednesday over federal approval of a proposed natural gas pipeline and export terminal. Oregon questioned the pipeline company’s assertion that the federal government can override state regulation under the Clean Water Act, while environmentalists sued in the D.C. Court of Appeals.
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Scientists fear the imminent extinction of winter steelhead in Oregon’s Willamette River, and spring chinook are not doing much better as the government assesses the main danger to fish there: the 13 federal dams it operates.
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A small town judge doubled down Tuesday on an earlier ruling in which he cleared churches to open in spite of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s closure orders aimed at reducing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreU.S. Senator Ron Wyden vowed Friday to fight the Canadian company behind a proposed liquified natural gas export terminal as it begins to try to take the land of locals who oppose Jordan Cove.
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It’s hard to cool river water heated to temperatures that kill salmon. So the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggested Oregon and Washington state change the designated “uses” of the Columbia and Snake Rivers so they are no longer expressly for salmon.
Read moreDespite revenue shortfalls record-high unemployment due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a ballot initiative to tax the wealthiest individuals and biggest businesses to address the homelessness crisis sailed to victory in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday.
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s emergency closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic were briefly up in the air Monday when a county judge pronounced them unconstitutional. But Brown vowed to appeal “within hours,” keeping her orders intact.
Read moreThe National Marine Fisheries Service’s biological opinion that concluded resource management plans for forests in Oregon — which included a strategy to protect fish habitat and ecosystems — were not likely to endanger threatened species did not violate the Endangered Species Act, the Ninth Circuit ruled.
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A state court judge must still decide whether Multnomah County’s limits on campaign donations pass muster under the U.S. Constitution.
Read moreThe Oregon Supreme Court upheld a determination that the Department of State Lands impermissibly issued a permit allowing Walmart to fill wetlands on private property in order to build a new store, ruling the record lacks a finding about whether or not the project will interfere with the state’s policy of preserving its waters for public purposes.
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