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Stella-Jones Corporation Pleads Guilty to Multiple Counts of Unlawful Water Pollution in Yamhill County
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today announced that Stella-Jones Corporation, a wood products manufacturer operating in Sheridan, Oregon, has pleaded guilty to 10 misdemeanor counts of Unlawful Water Pollution in the Second Degree for violations of its state-issued water quality permit. The company admitted to repeatedly and with criminal negligence exceeding legal limits for pentachlorophenol,… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Media Release on August 25, 2025
Attorney General Dan Rayfield Joins Multi-State Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Illegal Conditions on Victims of Crime Act Grants
AG Rayfield Joins 20 Attorneys General In Suing Trump Administration for Attempting to Block Access to Over $1 Billion for Victims and Survivors of Crimes Attorney General Dan Rayfield today announced that he and a coalition of 20 Attorneys General are suing the Trump administration over the illegal imposition of conditions on Congressionally-authorized Victims of… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Lawsuits and Letters, Media Release on August 18, 2025
Attorney General Rayfield Sues to Stop Federal Cuts That Threaten State Energy Programs
Case filed in the U.S. District Court in Eugene today asks to block the funding cap Attorney General Dan Rayfield and 18 other states, plus the District of Columbia, sued to block the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from imposing a new funding cap that slashes support for vital state-run energy programs. The DOE policy… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Lawsuits and Letters, Media Release on August 15, 2025
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield to Host Town Hall at Southern Oregon University in Ashland to Hear from those Impacted by Federal Actions
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield will host a public town hall Thursday, August 7th at 6pm at Southern Oregon University (SOU) as part of his statewide “Federal Oversight Town Hall” series. The event is the 6th in a series focused on hearing directly from Oregonians who have been affected by federal actions. Many of these… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Media Release on August 4, 2025
ODOJ Issues Urgent Scam Alert as Another Oregonian Loses Tens of Thousands of Dollars to Gold Bar Scheme
Attorney General Rayfield: “If someone tells you to buy gold to keep your money safe, it’s a scam — full stop.” The Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) is issuing an urgent warning to Oregonians as reports of a sophisticated “gold bar scam” continue to climb in the Pacific Northwest. In the latest case, an Oregon… View Article
Posted in Homepage, Media Release, Scam Alert on August 1, 2025