The number of Oregonians without counsel has reached an all-time high. Many fear the current crisis is eroding the trust and credibility of the state’s justice system.

Ballot Measure 114 bans the purchase of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. It also requires a permit for anybody purchasing a firearm, but won’t go into effect immediately.

President Donald Trump said he would target colleges that saw large pro-Palestinan protests in an effort to combat on-campus anti-semitism. Cal Poly Humboldt activists are wary.

Millions of dollars have become available for medications to treat opioid addiction in Oregon jails. That’s given Jackson County a rare sign of hope in the opioid epidemic.

A Ninth Circuit court decision has ended legal protections for officers responding to some mental health emergencies. That’s changing which calls police will answer.

California and other states and counties are using a legal strategy that took down Big Tobacco, hoping to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage they have long denied. But many obstacles remain.

California passed a sanctuary state law to protect immigrants during the first Trump administration. Now, a sheriff wants to test it at the beginning of the second.

The ballot measure to increase penalties for drug and theft-related crimes and to encourage drug diversion programs passed overwhelmingly in November. It took effect in December, but lawmakers still haven't allocated the funds to pay for it.

Oregon construction firms say an order by Gov. Tina Kotek last year mandating union labor in many state projects amounts to an illegal power grab. Now they’re asking a judge to step in.

Cities across California have passed measures banning or restricting encampments following the U.S. Supreme Court giving the go-ahead in a ruling out of Grants Pass, Oregon. Now some attorneys who represent homeless campers are champing at the bit to put these new ordinances before a jury

Homeless people in Grants Pass now have more options for legally camping in the city.

Homeless people in Grants Pass have been granted another temporary reprieve from prosecution.