Lawmakers, advocates and exonerees say implementation of a 2022 bill meant to compensate the wrongfully convicted has failed.

With Democratic support, former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer cleared a key hurdle Thursday morning in her quest to become ...

One-term Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer has successfully turned her election loss and closer-than-typical relationship with some unions into a post in President Donald Trump’s cabinet.

Before Chavez-DeRemer, the most recent Oregon elected official to hold a cabinet post was former Portland Mayor Neil Goldschmidt, who served as President Jimmy Carter’s secretary of ...

Lawmakers, advocates and exonerees say the implementation of an Oregon law to compensate the wrongfully convicted has failed and that “substantive and technical obstacles” need to be addressed ...

Then-Gov. Neil Goldschmidt offered a conditional pardon had then-Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer appealed the case that overturned Morales’ conviction. Frohnmayer did not appeal. After he was ...