Conrad Wilson
Oregon Public BroadcastingConrad Wilson is a reporter and producer covering criminal justice and legal affairs for OPB. Prior to coming to OPB, he was a reporter at Minnesota Public Radio. Before that he ran the news department at an NPR affiliate in Colorado. His work has aired on Marketplace and NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He has also written for Mashable, The Oregonian, Business Week, City Pages and The Christian Science Monitor. Conrad earned a degree in international political economics and journalism from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” the Trump appointed judge wrote. -
U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut is expected to decide Friday whether to temporarily block the president from deploying troops in Portland. -
Nicholas McGuffin was wrongfully convicted in the death of his girlfriend, Leah Freeman, in 2011. -
Marion County is enlisting the support of other local governments as it seeks to clarify its obligations under Oregon’s sanctuary law. -
The situation in Oregon has shifted within the past year: overdose deaths appear to be decreasing, arrests for drug possession have spiked, and there’s been a documented effort to get people into treatment. -
Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, who was detained by federal immigration officials July 15, is being held at a detention center in Tacoma, Washington. -
State entities reported a big uptick in federal requests for help with immigration enforcement. -
Legal experts say some asylum seekers are being moved from a process with legal protections into expedited removal, which has "almost none." -
Some who worked on the litigation argue it doesn't go far enough. -
The order comes one day after ICE arrested a woman from Mexico outside Portland Immigration Court. -
A series of stabbings outside of a shelter in Salem injured 12 people, some severely, according to police. The suspect who is now in custody faces attempted murder and assault charges. -
The county Board of Commissioners discussed, but did not vote on, a resolution at odds with Oregon law.
