Tag Archives: Governor Kate Brown

Oregon Supreme Court finds woman at Coffee Creek was illegally imprisoned 

The court orders her release and says she was unlawfully imprisoned by an order from Gov. Tina Kotek. The Oregon Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of a woman from state prison, finding she was illegally imprisoned after Gov. Tina Kotek ordered her return to prison without the legal authority to do so. […]
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Woman released from prison after Oregon Supreme Court rules governor exceeded authority

The state’s high court ruled Gov. Tina Kotek didn’t have the power to revoke a commutation after a person completed their sentence. The justices wrote that Terri Lee Brown’s “imprisonment is unlawful.” Kotek revoked Brown’s commutation last year. The Oregon Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that Gov. Tina Kotek didn’t have the authority to […]
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Oregon’s former governor dismissed from class-action COVID lawsuit

The litigation covers some 5,000 people who were in custody at one of the state’s prisons and contracted or died from COVID-19. Former Oregon Gov. Kate Brown can’t be held liable for the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic across its prisons, according to a ruling by a federal magistrate unsealed last week. But in […]
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Oregon’s former governor dismissed from class-action COVID lawsuit

Former Oregon Gov. Kate Brown can’t be held liable for the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic across its prisons, according to a ruling by a federal magistrate unsealed last week. But in the same ruling, the judge allowed a large class-action lawsuit with costly implications for the state to move forward. The litigation, first […]
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Proposed 18% rate increase by Northwest Natural takes backseat to development cost

Home builders argued during an Oregon Public Utilities Commission hearing on a proposed rate increase for Northwest Natural customers that the higher rate would help make new homes more affordable and resilient. Climate activists argued those payments are subsidies for a technology that promotes the use of fossil fuels. Source: Proposed 18% rate increase by […]
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Oregon court rejects cities’ request to toss climate rules

Cities that challenged Oregon’s new climate policies in 2022 will have to follow rules around designing more walkable neighborhoods, beefing up electric vehicle infrastructure and more following a court decision issued Wednesday. The Oregon Court of Appeals has mostly sided with the state over the wide-ranging climate rules, which are intended to reduce greenhouse gas […]
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Oregon Audits Division Pledges Greater Transparency After Shemia Fagan’s Moonlighting Scandal

Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade earlier this month announced her office’s audits schedule for the coming year. Inside that document are changes the Audits Division pledges to make due to WW’s reporting on how former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan sought to influence an audit that affected her patrons. Source: Oregon Audits Division Pledges […]
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Umatilla tribes to launch food waste reduction project in northeast Oregon reservation

This spring, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will initiate a first-of-its-kind food waste reduction project. The tribe will look at how much food the community throws away. It will also install a biodigester in the Mission area of the reservation. Source: Umatilla tribes to launch food waste reduction project in northeast Oregon […]
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Oregon wins appeal of prisoners’ vaccine prioritization lawsuit

The ruling clears former Governor Kate Brown from liability just weeks after a separate Ninth Circuit panel concluded she can be disposed in the lawsuit. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday sided with Oregon in a lawsuit brought by current and former state prisoners who seek damages because they were given lower priority […]
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Special cultural task force for Native American items reactivated

After a roughly four-year hiatus, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she’s reviving a task force dedicated to inventorying Native American items in state and public collections across Oregon, via executive order. Source: Special cultural task force for Native American items reactivated