Oregon’s public defender problems have been getting much better and much worse at the same time. Finding a solution that makes sense doesn’t involve doing what most people have long argued: spending ...

Oregon’s public defender problems have been getting much better and much worse at the same time. Finding a solution that makes sense doesn’t involve doing what most people have long argued: spending ...

Oregon's public defender shortage resembles any of several serious Oregon problems – drug abuse and homelessness among them – where the willingness to do the right thing, and the ability to pay for it ...