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Berri Leslie, a longtime Oregon government insider, will join Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s office this fall after recently ...
The non-profit Willamette Falls Trust working to return the beauty of the nation’s second-largest waterfall back to the ...
In her 20 months since taking office, Gov. Kate Brown has been dealt her share of unenviable challenges, as if the world were brazenly saying, "Welcome to the governorship, Kate." She’s handled ...
After a tumultuous tenure as governor, Kate Brown has taken on a new role, as president of an organization with Native leadership dedicated to creating public access at Willamette Falls.
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 / Report ...
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 ...
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Kate Brown hasn’t yet announced professional plans now that she’s departed the Oregon governor’s mansion. But for a week or so this spring, Brown is Cambridge ...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Kate Brown faced unprecedented challenges in her final term: COVID-19, a surge in homelessness and street battles between police, racial justice ...
Oregon's Democratic Gov. Kate Brown faced unprecedented challenges in her final term: COVID-19, a surge in homelessness and street battles between police, racial justice protesters and right-wing ...
Gov. Kate Brown on advice for Tina Kotek, working with business, and Oregon's can-do spirit Kate Brown governed through historic wildfires, the Malheur standup, the Umpqua Community College ...
Kate Brown's final term was marked by the pandemic, major wildfires and backlash from conservatives over pandemic restrictions and climate change measures.
In her final weeks in office, Brown commuted the sentences of all 17 people on death row in the state. Capital punishment is legal in Oregon, though its last execution was in 1997.