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A Superior Court judge in Humboldt County has resigned and admitted to 17 counts of wrongdoing while in office.

Even before the ruling, confusion about abortion restrictions brought Arizona patients, and others, to California health care providers, straining some facilities’ staff.

A Superior Court judge in Humboldt County is facing a formal investigation into alleged misconduct over the past decade. The investigation comes as the judge is running for re-election.

A new program in Medford is bringing the court out of the courthouse and into the community. It’s already helping residents build a better life.

“The problem is institutional, and it is statewide,” U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane wrote.

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled an Oregon judge Wednesday, though their questions dealt little with the nominee’s legal career and instead focused on culture war issues.

In the latest development in Oregon's public defender crisis, U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane Tuesday ruled that anyone held in the Washington County jail without a court-appointed lawyer will be released 10 days after their initial court appearance.

A law professor says Measure 114, which Oregon voters approved in the fall and is currently held up by legal challenges, will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Timber companies faced another blow in court this week, after a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon.

In a preliminary ruling, the Oregon Supreme Court found a state court judge erred by forcing a public defender to take a new client, over the objections of the lawyer's employer.

Lawmakers boycotting this session created a new political committee to raise money off the walkout. That money can't be used to challenge a new law that could bounce them from office.

Litigants who seek judges predisposed to rule in their favor – or “judge shopping” - is being addressed in new legislation.