Lucille McNamara

The Fair Housing Council nonprofit that protects vulnerable tenants from discrimination by landlords will be withdrawing from nine Oregon cities and two counties following the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding of nearly $1…

A former correctional officer at the Coffee Creek Women’s Prison in Wilsonville, Oregon, Levi David Gray, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on two counts of first-degree custodial sexual misconduct involving a female inmate. Gray…

A joint law enforcement operation involving several search warrants at the West Coast Game Park resulted in officers seizing $1.6 million in cash, firearms including a machine gun, drugs, and cashier’s bonds, checks, and certificates.…

A Senate bill that will make it illegal to remove or to refuse to carry books in school libraries based on subjects protected from discrimination has one more hurdle to negotiate before becoming an effective Oregon law. Although Senate…

Gone could be the days when eager Oregon concert and theater-goers were hoodwinked into paying exorbitant prices for tickets, thanks to House Bill 3167 which is moving steadily forward to protect vulnerable consumers. Hidden Fees…

To spur legislators into action, a group of teenagers met outside the Oregon Capitol earlier in the week to encourage lawmakers to introduce House Bill 3012, allowing 16 and 17 years of age to vote in local school board elections. …

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act that will cut funding of food benefits to more than 750,000 Oregonians was narrowly adopted by one vote in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week. The Bill Cuts Benefits to Low-Income…

GRESHAM, Ore. — A third teenager, all 16 years old, has been arrested and charged with murder following the fatal shooting of a man in a drive-by incident in Gresham on 13 May. Jeffrey Daniel, who was shot in the 3500 block of Southeast…

PORTLAND, Ore. — By promptly contacting law enforcement about an alleged online scam, the FBI and the Oregon District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office could seize $6,748,680 fraudulent funds belonging to the City of Portland. …

Oregon store owners can refuse to accept bottle returns after 8 p.m. thanks to a new bill that passed both the Senate and the House with majority votes and now waits for Governor Tina Kotek to sign it into law. Cash for Bottle…