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Four courts make up Oregon’s state court system. The highest court is the Oregon Supreme Court, which hears some select direct appeals, but hears appeals mainly from the Oregon Tax and the Oregon Court of Appeals. [4] The two divisions of the Tax Court provide trial level and appellate level court proceedings with appeals going directly to ...
Oregon voters will decide five ballot measures in November's general election. Legislators sent three measures to voters to decide and more than 117,000 residents signed enough petitions for two ...
Oregon Ballot Measure 117, the Ranked-Choice Voting for Federal and State Elections Measure, was a proposed Oregon state initiative that was decided by voters as part of the 2024 Oregon elections on November 5, 2024.
No formal judicial system existed in the region prior to February 18, 1841, when settlers at the Champoeg Meetings, in their effort to form a Provisional Government, elected Babcock as Supreme Judge as well as four justices of the peace and a High Sheriff as minor executive position, while they failed to establish the introduction of a governor because of discontent by French-Canadian settlers.
Oregon Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Happy Valley, is running for Oregon's 5th Congressional District. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, 47, of Happy Valley, has been a member of the Oregon House since 2017.
Bruce Starr, 55, is looking to return to the Oregon Legislature. He served as a state representative for District 3 from 1999 to 2003 and as a state senator representing District 15 from 2003 to ...
Oregon's state courts are courts of general jurisdiction, unlike federal courts. [11] That is, the state courts can hear all cases regardless of whether the dispute is based on state law, federal law, or a combination of both, with a few exceptions. [11] Thus the Oregon Supreme Court can hear appeals for cases based on both federal and state ...
Oregon's US House District 4 U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon Val Hoyle is a longtime elected official from the Eugene area, having served as Oregon’s Labor Commissioner and as a state ...