Paxton’s security travel cost millions Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million Salon · Oct 11
Blue State AG Creates 'Toolkit' To Help Residents Deal With Trump's Immigration Crackdown Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum released a sanctuary toolkit in efforts to help undocumented migrants protect themselves ahead of Trump administration Latin Times · Dec 26, 2024
Women say they were failed by sexual abuse investigation of Oregon doctor Dozens of ex-patients of David Farley say police and state failures meant he was not indicted despite years of abuse The Guardian - US · Sep 16, 2024
Voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, judge rules An Oregon judge has ruled that a voter-approved gun control law violates the state constitution The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023
Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims Oregon’s attorney general has announced she has begun investigating the board of directors of Fox Corp. for breaching its fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims about the 2020 presidential election The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023
2nd Amendment sanctuary measure overturned in Oregon An Oregon court has ruled that local governments in the state can’t declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and ban police from enforcing certain gun laws The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023
Love of rare liquor lands Oregon officials in criminal probe The Oregon Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation into allegations that senior officials in the state’s alcohol regulatory agency violated ethics laws by diverting rare bourbons for personal use The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2023
Oregon Supreme Court Orders New Trials for Hundreds Convicted by Split Juries Oregon was one of only two states that allowed for non-unanimous guilty verdicts until the Supreme Court outlawed them in 2020. Reason · Jan 3, 2023
$698M deal to end Monsanto PCB pollution lawsuit in Oregon Oregon's attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022
Google to pay $391 million over ‘crafty’ location tracking Google agreed to pay a total of $391.5 million to 40 US states to resolve a probe into controversial location-tracking practices that the Alphabet Inc. unit says it already discarded several years ago, in what state officials are calling the largest such privacy settlement in US history. Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022
Google pays nearly $392 million to settle sweeping location-tracking case "Google has prioritized profit over their users' privacy," said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum of Oregon, one of 40 states to bring the case. "They have been crafty and deceptive." WEKU · Nov 14, 2022
Oregon sues COVID test company, millions of dollars pocketed The state of Oregon has sued an Illinois-based COVID-19 testing company, saying its owners took millions of dollars in federal funds and insurance money for themselves and boasted about buying a mansion and expensive sports cars The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022
The Disclosure Digest: April 5, 2022 In a March 22 filing, three Oregon nonprofit groups asked the Oregon Supreme Court to reconsider its decision on a series of campaign finance ballot measures. On March 18, the court rejected the groups’ request to overturn Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s (D) decision barring the initiatives from appearing on… Ballotpedia · Apr 5, 2022
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