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The Legislature is poised to give more than $45 million to the Willamette Falls Trust, a nonprofit organization led by former ...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, the state's first bi-sexual governor, participated in the Portland Pride Festival Sunday, June 19, 2016. She stopped to thank members of the crowd for their support of the ...
Gov. Kate Brown spoke at a news conference after the Oregon Legislature passed a tax cut for sole proprietor businesses during a special session Monday, May 21, 2018. Hillary Borrud/The Oregonian/Ore ...
Oregon's death chamber is pictured in a file photo. Gov. Kate Brown ordered the chamber to be dismantled when she commuted the sentences of all 17 people on the state's death row on Tuesday.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown began her tenure in 2015 by extending her predecessor's moratorium on executions. Now, with just weeks left in office, she is commuting the sentences of all 17 people on ...
Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she would commute the sentences of all 17 individuals on Oregon’s death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the latest in her end-of ...
In her final weeks in office, Gov. Kate Brown is commuting the sentences of those on death row and dismantling the state execution chamber in an effort to effectively end capital punishment in Oregon.
Former Oregon Governor Kate Brown at Willamette Falls on May 31, 2024. She stepped into her new role as president of the Willamette Falls Trust on May 28. Jarrette Werk / Underscore News.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown today announced a pardon for Oregonians convicted on marijuana possession charges, a move that will impact approximately 45,000 people.
A federal magistrate has ordered that former Oregon Gov. Kate Brown can be deposed in a class-action lawsuit, specifically regarding her role in how the state responded to the coronavirus pandemic ...
FILE - Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks in San Francisco, on Oct. 6, 2022. Brown faced unprecedented challenges in her term: COVID-19, a surge in homelessness, street fights between police, racial ...
Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown will clear out death row before departing her post, declaring all 17 of the state’s inmates awaiting execution will have their sentences commuted to life in pr… ...