News Lawyer Ross Day yesterday filed a complaint [PDF] with the Oregon State Bar against Attorney General John Kroger. Although Kroger's aggressive style has prompted grumbling in legal circles, Day's complaint against Kroger is only the second lodged since Kroger took office in January 2009. (The first was hand-written and later dismissed.)Day is upset because a Department of Justice investigator contacted ...   More

News Legislative districts get redrawn every decade, based on federal census results. Under Oregon's current process, the Legislature reapportions districts unless lawmakers can't agree upon new district boundaries by July 1 of the year following the census (i.e. July 1, 2011), or if there are legal challenges or a gubernatorial veto. In those cases, the Secretary of State steps in to draw the new ...   More