Scammers bilk local woman
Attorney General John Kroger and the Coos County Sheriff s Office are warning Oregon families about a phone scam that targets elderly grandparents. The Sheriff s Office has reported three cases locally in which con artists, typically males, call gran...
 1.1K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 763.0 Bradbury s in
PORTLAND ” Former Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury is entering the race to be the state s next governor. Bradbury, who served in the Legislature for 14 years, was to formally announce today, according to his spokesman Jeremy Wright....
3.6K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 248.0 Ore. AG moves to block e-cigarette sales
PORTLAND (AP) The state of Oregon has gone to court to block the sale of electronic cigarettes on the same day that a New York county banned their sale to minors. Oregon Attorney General John Kroger and Jon Cooper, majority leader of the Suffolk Co...
3.0K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 299.0 State wins round against fund manager
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon has won the first round in its legal battle against the former investment manager of a state college fund by preventing the lawsuit from going to federal court. U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan has remanded the case to Marion ...
0.8K - Aug. 18, 2009; scored 166.0 Insurer files suit against state
PORTLAND (AP) A major insurer has sued the state of Oregon after losing the state employee health plan business to a competitor. In a recent lawsuit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon accuses a state ben...
0.8K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 166.0 Clatsop County commission OK's LNG terminal
ASTORIA (AP) Clatsop County commissioners have again given land-use approval for a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Columbia River. Opponents say they ll appeal again. Last year the commission approved zone changes to allow NorthernStar Nat...
2.1K - Jul. 19, 2009; scored 166.0 Will all crimes be treated equally?
This is an excellent opportunity for State Attorney General John Kroger to walk the walk on his pledge to get tough on environmental crimes. Unless he intends to maintain a double standard in his treatment of Oregonians under the law, the actions t...
1.2K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 214.0 Cheers and Jeers
Let the sun shine Cheers to Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, for peeking into the secrecy that often hides the inner workings of public agencies. Hundreds of exemptions to open government laws keep citizens from knowing what s going on. Tunes in ...
1.9K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 166.0 Oregon AG to review open government laws
PORTLAND Attorney General John Kroger says he ll review Oregon s open government laws to see whether they re being interpreted correctly and whether he should ask the Legislature to change them. Kroger says Oregonians tell him they value transparen...
2.1K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 299.0 Portland mayor admits he's behind on house payment
PORTLAND - As if he needed it, more bad news surfaced Tuesday for Portland Mayor Sam Adams. He acknowledged being behind in mortgage payments. County records show default notices filed on two North Portland homes he owns including his residence. Ada...
2.7K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 166.0 AG: Drug bust one of largest in state
HILLSBORO - Oregon Attorney General John Kroger says a nearly two-year investigation into Mexican drug trafficking began with a single tip and resulted in one of the largest racketeering cases in state history. The drug ring was centered in Washingto...
2.5K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 316.0 Oregon joins other states to fight fraud
SALEM (AP) - Oregon has joined the Federal Trade Commission and other states in Operation False Charity, a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent fundraisers who claim to help firefighters, police and veterans. Oregon Attorney General John Kroger also sa...
0.8K - May. 21, 2009; scored 166.0 FERC report doesn't ease concerns
MEDFORD (AP) - A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline through southwest Oregon would have limited adverse environmental impacts, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's final environmental impact statement. That said, ...
3.4K - May. 4, 2009; scored 166.0 State sues over college fund savings losses
SALEM (AP) Oregon officials are seeking $36.2 million in damages from OppenheimerFunds Inc., which managed a fund responsible for steep losses in the Oregon College Savings Plan. They said in a statement Monday the Oppenheimer Core Bond Fu...
0.8K - Apr. 13, 2009; scored 166.0 Mental health case worker convicted
A former Curry County mental health worker will spend five days in jail and three years on probation and must pay a $1,000 fine after a Curry County judge convicted him Tuesday of official misconduct by having sex with a client. Alfred J. H...
1.7K - Apr. 1, 2009; scored 214.0 Feds join Oregon lawsuit against LNG location
SALEM (AP) - Oregon Attorney General John Kroger says the U.S. Department or Justice has joined Oregon in appealing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal on the Columbia Ri...
0.8K - Mar. 20, 2009; scored 666.0 Sizemore barred from charities
PORTLAND A Multnomah County judge Friday permanently barred anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore from operating, managing or being a key employee of any charity. Late last year, Judge Janice Wilson found Sizemore had violated a previous injunction that ...
3.5K - Mar. 7, 2009; scored 214.0 Oregon gets $22M for police, courts from stimulus
PORTLAND (AP) Courts and law enforcement agencies will get a $22 million boost from the federal government as part of the Obama administration economic stimulus package. Officials announced $2 billion in funding for state and loca...
0.8K - Mar. 7, 2009; scored 166.0 Oregon joining lawsuit to speed Hanford cleanup
SALEM (AP) Oregon is joining the state of Washington in a lawsuit pressing the federal government to speed cleaning up radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation. Gov. Ted Kulongoski said in a statement Wednesday that further delay is una...
1.6K - Feb. 26, 2009; scored 166.0 Oregon AG supports domestic natural gas
ASTORIA (AP) Oregon Attorney General John Kroger says it is a mistake for the state to rely on imported natural gas as it tries to become more energy independent. Kroger says Oregon should use domestic natural gas rather than buying it from foreign...
2.1K - Feb. 6, 2009; scored 1000.0 | 
