Oregon DOJ News

Oregon Sunshine Committee 2019 Public Notice

The Oregon Sunshine Committee will meet Monday, November 25, from 1:30 to 4:30 PM. The meeting will be held in Hearing Room 343 of the Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court St. NE, Salem, OR 97301. The primary agenda item will be consideration of a proposed recommendation to the Oregon State Legislature regarding bulk data and… View Article

Posted in Media Release, Public Records Reform on November 12, 2019

Closed School Discharge Extended for Some Students; Including Art Institute of Portland

At the urging of Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and a bipartisan group of 29 state Attorneys General, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced today that she will extend closed school discharge to a small number of former Dream Center students who were not previously eligible. This extension will mean some additional students who attended… View Article

Posted in Media Release, Student Loan Debt on November 12, 2019

Salem Reporter: Why a new Oregon law seeks to improve how hate crimes are reported

Source: Salem Reporter », By Jake Thomas, November 6, 2019 Improved data could reveal the breadth of hate in Oregon while aiding law enforcement and community groups. In late October, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office won the first conviction under Oregon’s new hate crime law. The case involved a 50-year-old man who hurled slurs at two… View Article

Posted in Hate and Bias Crimes, News on November 7, 2019

Thursday: “Scam Jam” Visits Salem, Oregon

Join Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and fraud experts from the Oregon Department of Justice, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, AARP Oregon and the Federal Trade Commission for “Scam Jam”, a free interactive fraud prevention workshop, in Salem, Oregon Thursday, October 24, 2019. Cristin Severance, Investigative Reporter with KGW News, will emcee… View Article

Posted in Media Release, News on October 21, 2019

Attorney General Rosenblum and 29 State AG’s Write Education Secretary DeVos

Ask to Extend “Closed School Discharge” for Art Institute of Portland Students and Other Schools Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today led a bipartisan coalition of 30 state Attorneys General requesting that U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos exercise her authority to extend the closed school discharge timeframe… View Article

Posted in Media Release, Student Loan Debt on October 17, 2019