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The FBI and local law enforcement are investigating after deliberately set fires at ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver early Monday morning damaged three ballots in Oregon and destroyed hundreds in Washington.
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The judge ruled that the Jewell School District failed to make the case that the Oregon Department of Forestry was violating a funding law by reducing logging.
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An Oregon prison guard sanctioned the attack of a man serving time at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in 2022. After the attack, the Oregon Department of Corrections failed to meet the standards of medical care to treat 鈥渆xtreme and debilitating injuries.鈥
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Ballot initiative would turn certain thefts and drug crimes into felonies, potentially helping expel some immigrants.
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On Friday, Charles Hanley sent a notice of potential legal claims against the district, including defamation, retaliation, breach of contract, violation of procedural due process and wrongful discharge.
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Negasi Zuberi stood trial for kidnapping and raping two women within the span of months.
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Counties will approach enforcement differently, providing yet another large-scale experiment in drug policy.
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The second week in the federal trial of Negasi Zuberi included testimony from another alleged victim and the police who arrested him.
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Prop. 36 pledges to send more people convicted of drug possession to treatment instead of prison. Behavioral health directors say that鈥檚 easier said than done with workforce shortages across the state.
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Defendants argue that the new state plan means federal courts don鈥檛 need to get involved.
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The U.S. District Court trial of Negasi Zuberi, accused of kidnapping and raping two women, began this week in Medford. One alleged victim gave testimony about how she was abducted from Washington 鈥 and how she escaped.
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California over decades sterilized thousands of people in state prisons, state-run homes and hospitals. Lawmakers created a reparations program for them, but it has denied most applications.
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Oregon judges have released four people from prison, finding Gov. Tina Kotek鈥檚 orders that revoked their early release unlawfully violated their rights.
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In a week full of bill signings, Governor Gavin Newsom approved several dozen that relate to guns, some of which focused on red flag laws.