Local public defenders say Marion County Judges will soon start appointing them to new cases which they are too overloaded to take on, a move intended to reduce the number…
A state program created in 2022 helped more than 14,000 low income taxpayers file last year, many earning refunds or credits they otherwise would not have.
Salem-Keizer Superintendent Andrea Castañeda is among the school district leaders who say an ambitious state education accountability effort needs significant changes to work as intended.
Salem’s Community Police Academy was canceled for the year due to a city cost-cutting request. The request led to cuts in the department’s nonessential overtime work, including police attendance at…
About 500 people joined a veterans protest in Salem, one of many nationwide Friday against President Donald Trump's planned cuts to the federal workforce and VA.
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