Attorney General Rosenblum Announces DOJ Division Name Change: Formally Acknowledges Both Victims and Survivors of Crimes
During National Crime Victims Week Oregon DOJ also distributes $9.1 million in federal grants In recognition of Crime Victims Week (April 8-14, 2018), Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced that the Oregon Department of Justice has renamed its Crime Victims’ Services Division to add “survivor” to its name. The new division is now named… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on April 10, 2018
Attorney General Rosenblum Joins 15 AGs, Moves to Defend the Affordable Care Act Against Federal Lawsuit Filed in Texas
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined 15 attorneys general yesterday in a motion to intervene in Texas et al. v. United States et al., a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Texas which seeks to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Texas lawsuit aims to reduce health care coverage and funding for all… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on April 10, 2018
Oregon DOJ Announces Grants to Combat Oregon’s Opioid Epidemic
Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum today announced $600,000 in grants to combat Oregon’s opioid epidemic. The funding for the grants comes from Oregon DOJ’s recent $2.4 million Medtronic settlement, and will be awarded to Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) Department of Family Medicine and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to support their work helping Oregonians struggling with… View ArticlePosted in Media Release, Opioids on April 5, 2018
Oregon Joins Lawsuit to Block Trump Administration from Demanding Citizenship Information in 2020 Census
Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum, as part of a coalition of 18 Attorneys General, filed a lawsuit this morning to block adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. AG Rosenblum joined New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in New York City to announce the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on April 3, 2018
AG Rosenblum Joins Coalition Demanding Answers from Facebook
Attorney General Rosenblum co-led a bipartisan coalition of 37 state and territory Attorneys General in sending a letter demanding answers from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s business practices and privacy protections. Recent news reports indicate the data of at least 50 million Facebook profiles may have been misused by third-party software developers. Facebook’s… View ArticlePosted in Media Release, Privacy on March 26, 2018