Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said he was "deeply concerned" by the pause and "will explore any and all legal actions to challenge this harmful order from President Trump."
As the state observed Data Privacy Day on Tuesday, the Oregon Department of Justice rolled out a new toolkit with additional handouts and social media content to help Oregonians protect their online information.
Oregon and 22 other states are suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze to many federal payments, leaving state agencies unable to access reimbursements for Medicaid and child care programs and sending state officials scrambling to determine the total effect.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules as advocates find new ways to challenge them.
The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, saying they could face criminal charges, in an apparent warning to the dozens of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across America.
A lawsuit alleging that law enforcement agents sent by President Donald Trump to protect a federal courthouse in 2020 used excessive force against racial justice protesters has been settled, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon said Tuesday.
This is a developing story and may be updated as we receive new information. Oregon is suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze many federal payments, leaving state agencies unable to access reimbursements for Medicaid and child care programs and sending state officials scrambling to determine the total effect.
Gov. Tina Kotek urged Oregonians to keep using services such as Medicaid and Head Start as usual, and not delay care.
OPB's Dave Miller spoke with Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield about the new administration’s crackdown on immigration, and what impacts the policies could have on the state.
The U.S. Dept. of Justice sent federal prosecutors a memo to investigate state and local officials who interfere with President Trump’s new immigration laws.
The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new toolkit sharing with Oregonians how to protect their online information to celebrate Data Privacy Day. The toolkit includes information on how consumers can exercise their rights under the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) and encourages them to take control of their personal information.
The Oregon Judicial Department will ask the Legislature this session for about $8.4 million to step up courthouse security to stop people from bringing guns, knives and drugs inside. The money would fund 31 new positions to help screen people entering courthouses in Coos,