WARSAW — Jack Birch will be the chief public defender of the new public defender’s office of Kosciusko County. He officially ...

The federal judiciary is requesting a nearly 10% increase in its budget for the next fiscal year, with two of its largest proposed increases going toward court security and federal public defenders.

The federal judiciary is requesting a nearly 10% increase in its budget for the next fiscal year, with two of its largest proposed increases going toward court security and federal public defenders.

The commission's plan, released in October 2024, determined Oregon needs to almost double its number of public defenders from 506 to 980 by 2031 to meet the needs of the state. The commission's ...