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Oregon Department of Justice Wins Contempt Ruling Against Portland Metal Recycler, Ordering Shutdown Until It Complies with Environmental Laws
Court finds NW Metals and its owner willfully violated a 2021 court order requiring air, solid waste and stormwater permits The Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) has won a contempt ruling against NW Metals, Inc. and its president, Moyata Anotta, after a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge found they willfully and knowingly violated a 2021… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Media Release on August 13, 2026
Attorney General Rayfield Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Demanding Personal Information of CDL Drivers
Administration Threatens to Withhold $10 Million in Federal Funding Unless Sensitive Information of Millions of Drivers is Turned Over Attorney General Dan Rayfield is suing the Trump administration for demanding a database containing the personal information of 17 million commercial drivers – and threatening to cut off more than $10 million in federal funding if… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Lawsuits and Letters, Media Release on August 13, 2026
AG Rayfield Sues to Block Trump Administration’s Lawless Handout to Big Banks
Rule lets big banks keep money that should be going back into Oregon homeowners’ pockets Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a lawsuit today to block the Trump Administration’s latest effort to favor big business over working families, co-leading a coalition of 10 states. The case challenges a decision by a little-known but powerful federal agency,… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Lawsuits and Letters, Media Release on August 11, 2026
Attorney General Rayfield Approves Salem Health–Santiam Hospital Merger
Approval follows an expedited, statutorily required review of hospital mergers Attorney General Dan Rayfield today approved the proposed merger between Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics and Santiam Hospital & Clinics, clearing the final regulatory hurdle for the $61 million deal to close. “This approval came through a careful, independent legal review, as required by the… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Media Release on August 7, 2026
AG Rayfield Wins Federal Court Decision Over Nexstar “Brazenly” Violating Merger Order
Nexstar owns Portland’s KOIN 6 and TEGNA owns KGW 8; Oregon has sued to block them from merging A federal judge has ruled that Nexstar Media Group violated a court order requiring it to keep TEGNA Inc. operating as an independent company while a multistate lawsuit challenging Nexstar’s proposed acquisition of TEGNA moves through the… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Lawsuits and Letters, Media Release on August 6, 2026