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Bankruptcy Court Orders Owner of Polluted Scrapyard to Surrender Property in North Portland, Allow Environmental Assessment
Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced that a federal bankruptcy judge has ordered the owner of a North Portland metal scrapyard to surrender control of his property to a court-appointed trustee and allow access for environmental assessments. The order clears the way for the Oregon Department of Justice and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Lawsuits and Letters, Media Release on April 30, 2026
AG Rayfield Sues EPA Over Failure to Implement Life-Saving Clean Air Standard
Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 13 other states and local governments sued the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its failure to implement a life-saving 2024 Clean Air Act rule strengthening national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), commonly known as soot. In a lawsuit filed earlier… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Lawsuits and Letters, Media Release on April 24, 2026
Attorney General Rayfield Moves to Permanently Block President Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting, Exerting Control over Elections
AG Rayfield: “President Trump wants to turn letter carriers into election gatekeepers.” Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 23 other attorneys general, along with the Governor of Pennsylvania have asked a federal court to permanently block President Trump’s executive order that unlawfully restricts mail voting. The coalition filed a motion for summary judgment… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Lawsuits and Letters, Media Release on April 24, 2026
Oregon DOJ Secures 20-Year Sentence in 1983 Cold Case Homicide of Teresa Peroni
Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced today that Marcus Sanfratello, 73, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1983 homicide of Teresa Peroni, closing a case that went unsolved for more than four decades. Sanfratello pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree in Josephine County Circuit Court. Under the terms of the… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Media Release on April 21, 2026
Attorney General Rayfield Announces $773 Million Settlement Agreement with Albertsons Over Opioid Crisis
AG Rayfield: “Every dollar from this settlement is going toward helping Oregonians recover.” Attorney General Dan Rayfield today announced an agreement in principle requiring grocery chain Albertsons — which operates in Oregon as Albertsons and Safeway — to pay up to $773 million to address its role in the opioid epidemic. Oregon helped lead the… View ArticlePosted in Homepage, Media Release on April 20, 2026