U.S. Supreme Court

Momentum is building in a case regarding homeless encampments that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court next month and could have major implications for cities as homelessness nationwide has reached record highs.

Two dozen Democratic attorneys general from Oregon, California and across the country urged the U.S. Supreme Court to maintain current regulations on the abortion pill in a pending case.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a case out of Southern Oregon that could make sweeping policy changes to the way cities address homelessness and enforce rules around public camping.

The highest court in the land will soon decide how much leeway cities and counties have in offsetting new construction with fees to pay for infrastructure.

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.

Data collected from abortion providers since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022 shows California is performing an average of 473 more abortions per month than it was in the months before the Dobbs decision.

A recent Supreme Court ruling rolled back federal protections for wetlands across the country. But here in Oregon, a state law from 1967 means wetlands and waterways are keeping their protected status.

With a conservative Supreme Court expected to rule this summer in favor of ending or restricting affirmative action in college admissions, California’s private universities are worried about the potential impact on campus diversity. College administrators are revamping admissions and doing more high school outreach, while student activists are campaigning against a potential ban.

Gov. Tina Kotek announced the move Thursday, saying Oregon patients will have access to the abortion pill regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court decides.

The federal ruling Thursday reaffirms an initial order last week, which preserved access to a widely used abortion drug in Oregon, Washington and 16 other states

Many more gun owners are seeking California concealed carry permits, even in blue, coastal counties. Gov. Newsom and Democrats in the Legislature are trying again to limit where weapons are allowed.

The Supreme Court is keeping in place, for now, Title 42 — the pandemic policy that OK’d migrant expulsions. California has yet to figure out how to meet the needs of an influx of migrants when it does go away, especially given that the state is confronting a projected budget deficit of $24 billion for the next fiscal year.