PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Gov. Tina Kotek is addressing the public defender shortage crisis by announcing a new interim ...

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

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 schools will soon have something they’ve never had before: more than a year to plan for summer school with the promise ...

Governor Tina Kotek has changed leadership of the Oregon Public Defense Commission. Kotek says it's unacceptable that more than four-thousand defendants in Oregon don't have ...

Oregon’s congressional delegation has asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to quickly declare a fishery disaster ...

Robert Atrops, 71, was arrested at his Newberg home last spring for the murder of Deborah Atrops. On Thursday, several ...

The agency has a tumultuous history with its leadership. Its previous director, Stephen Singer, battled Oregon’s former chief ...

At a roundtable hosted by Gov. Tina Kotek, more than a dozen business leaders described a dire situation under President ...

Gov. Tina Kotek and State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner heard Wednesday from businesses with concerns about costs, uncertainty ...

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is leadeing his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation—Senator Ron Wyden and U.S.

Dave Baden, the deputy director of policy and programs at the Oregon Health Authority, is the new acting director of the ...