Oregon governor and Salem resident Tina Kotek plans to vote for a temporary new property tax levy that aims to keep the ...

As a county, we knew we needed a suite of tools. In 2019, we hired our first housing coordinator and then developed the Housing Production Solutions Fund in partnership with our short-term rental ...

Jessica Kampfe led the Oregon Public Defense Commission through an overhaul that began in 2023, but has received criticism ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff, pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation in honor of the memory of His Holiness Pope Francis. The ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Gov. Tina Kotek is hosting another roundtable discussion with local members of the media, Monday ...

The leader of the Oregon Public Defense Commission was fired and replaced on April 17 by Gov. Tina Kotek amid an ongoing public defender crisis.

Oregon Criminal Justice Commission Executive Director Ken Sanchagrin was appointed by the governor as the interim director at ...

Despite leadership changes and legislative fixes, Oregon has for years failed to provide attorneys to everyone charged with ...

Governor Tina Kotek (speaking on leadership changes at the Oregon State Hospital) at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

Gov. Tina Kotek fired Jessica Kampfe, the head of Oregon’s Public Defense Commission, Thursday morning. “It is unacceptable ...

Governor Tina Kotek on Monday ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff, pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation in honor of the memory of His Holiness Pope Francis.

SALEM, Ore. — The director of Oregon's public defense agency is out, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday; the culmination of the state's worsening problem of indigent criminal defendants going ...