Most state employees in Oregon will see bigger paychecks and expanded benefits next February under tentative labor agreements ...

It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.

A newly formed community coalition called Take Back Ashland held a protest outside Ashland City Council chambers Tuesday night, just ahead of the council’s scheduled business meeting. The ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has approved a $20 hourly pay raise for public defenders in an effort to end their ongoing ...

Leaders on Beacon Hill also floated structural changes aimed at heading off future work stoppages like the one that has ...

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort to end a ...