Grant County District Attorney Jim Carpenter's search of the phone without a warrant was “a troubling example of the ...

Salinas didn’t defame Republican Mike Erickson in an ad claiming he was “charged with felony drug possession," the court ...

A Democratic congresswoman didn’t violate state law with a 2022 ad saying her Republican opponent faced felony drug ...

A former Baker City firefighter was sued by city councilors for allegedly making false statements in a recall petition ...

Before I get to this week’s column, I want to let you know the full edition PDF download functionality has been restored to the online newspaper at reader.theoregonian.com. Thanks to all for your ...

A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive ...

Project opponents have 21 days to appeal LUBA’s decision to the Oregon Court of Appeals. Otherwise, the county hearings officer will address the natural resources issues outlined in the LUBA ...

But the Oregon Court of Appeals concluded otherwise. It held that damages for lost prison job and training opportunities are barred by Article I, Section 41(3) of the Oregon Constitution. That ...

Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of Oregon’s conversational privacy statute as applied to in-person conversations. ORS 165.540(1)(c) prohibits obtaining ...

“If I think about my email and the number of things like, ‘I’m going to cut off your head or burn down your house’ – those are not infrequent,’” said state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis. Under ...