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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A federal judge in Oregon could decide Friday whether she will keep blocking Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to the city. -
The appeals court overturned the ruling of a lower court judge in Oregon, which could pave the way for President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland. -
The order comes as city, state and federal official await a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Two Trump-appointed appeals court judges questioned whether courts can even block the president’s actions. -
The ruling does not allow troops onto Portland streets. -
Colleagues say Oregon judge who blocked Trump troop deployment is ‘well-respected’ and ‘has no fear’U.S. District Court Judge Karin J. Immergut is now at the center of one of the most consequential cases over executive authority in modern presidential history. -
“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.
