Jessica Kampfe led the Oregon Public Defense Commission through its overhaul since 2023, but has also gotten criticism for the worsening unrepresented crisis.

The Oregon Legislature passed two bills to provide funding to summer learning programs and to ensure they boost student ...

Governor Tina Kotek announced new leadership for the Oregon Public Defense Commission Thursday and outlined expectations for ...

A bill that would provide $800 million for a new Portland Major League Baseball stadium earned sweeping support from Oregon lawmakers. As the Oregonian reports, Oregon's State Senate voted 24-5 to ...

Gov. Tina Kotek fired Oregon’s public defense leader amid an ongoing shortage of public defense attorneys in the state and ...

Gov. Tina Kotek fired Jessica Kampfe, the head of Oregon’s Public Defense Commission, Thursday morning. “It is unacceptable ...

At a roundtable hosted by Gov. Tina Kotek, more than a dozen business leaders described a dire situation under President ...

Less than two months after Gov. Tina Kotek told the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division it could resume automatic voter registration; the agency has disclosed that it has ...

Oregon Criminal Justice Commission Executive Director Ken Sanchagrin was appointed by the governor as the interim director at ...

The Justice Department is launching a civil suit against the Maine Department of Education for violating Title IX, a federal ...

The agency has a tumultuous history with its leadership. Its previous director, Stephen Singer, battled Oregon’s former chief ...