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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Legislature is poised to give more than $45 million to the Willamette Falls Trust, a nonprofit organization led by former ...

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… ...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, D, announced on Tuesday she is commuting the sentences of the state's 17 inmates on death row, and that their sentences will be changed to life in prison without the ...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown today announced a pardon for Oregonians convicted on marijuana possession charges, a move that will impact approximately 45,000 people.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is pardoning the 47,144 convictions for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana going back several decades. Criminal convictions, ...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown told a legislative committee Wednesday that she’s drawing $1 million from a strategic reserve fund to accelerate land readiness for semiconductor industry development.