“I simply don’t trust Flock, and I don’t trust the Trump administration, given where we are today.” Eugene Council unanimously voted to pause their use of AI license plate cameras , which are owned by national surveillance company Flock.

The question of who gets to tell the story is a critically important one right now. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Crosscut/cascade pbs is an essential part of the PNW's journalism ecosystem, and writers their have for years, consistently asked WA leaders hard questions. Truly unbelievable.

Funding for the 126 overhaul, as well as several other Oregon infrastructure projects, were put on hold earlier this year by the Trump administration.

Following an immigration raid at an active wildfire in Washington state, wildland fire professionals are raising alarms that the leadership team in charge of the fire response may have sent their crews into an ambush. stateline.org/2025/08/31/f...

Have you ever wondered if government leaders are writing things with ChatGPT? Through records requests, I obtained thousands of pages of chat histories from city officials in Washington. The logs show widespread use of AI — with little transparency: www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/08...

Hello just wanted to say: Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people. Just noting.

Eugene and Springfield police have purchased license plate readers that use AI to make digital fingerprints of vehicles. Police say they're a tool to gather objective evidence. Privacy advocates fear the system could put Oregon’s vulnerable residents at risk. www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...

"So if you can afford high-priced attorneys -- and find judges to go along -- you get access to a secret court system in Oregon. The poor, the middle class, everyday Oregonians? You get the public system, the one that has worked just fine since 1859."

Our editor laid himself off this week due to an impending cashflow shortage. We’re pretty devastated, and a little bit scared for the future of RANGE.

We've been hard at work at the #orleg, including by marshaling opposition last week to this proposal that could chill public service journalism by giving people and their lawyers more time to make frivolous demands to retract news articles. Read more from @opb.org: www.opb.org/article/2025...

Eugene's current budget would close the downtown library 2 days a week, end the city’s contract with Greenhill Humane Society, and close the Amazon Pool and Sheldon Community Center in the fall. www.klcc.org/politics-gov...

A Lane County food waste and recycling project has hit a few setbacks: The county’s building permit was rejected and one trash company has diverted thousands of tons of garbage and revenue, to its own landfill. www.klcc.org/politics-gov...

A few council members pushed back on the idea, saying the could lose voters trust and compromising on the fee could put the city in another deficit in a few years.

A Eugene ballot measure that would allow voters to decide whether they want to pay a new fire fee is mostly funded by commercial property owners and businesses. Opponents to the ballot measure have argued that a fee is the only way the Eugene can dodge drastic cuts. www.klcc.org/politics-gov...

The emergency room is feeling the strain of multiple local healthcare challenges, including a rise in respiratory infections, the closure of the University District emergency room, and accommodating thousands of former Oregon Medical Group patients. www.klcc.org/health-medic...

“Cities like Eugene and Corvallis are canaries in the coal mine, don't ignore the warning signs.”

Oregon U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle recently spoke with KLCC's Rachael McDonald. She believes the United States is in a constitutional crisis. www.klcc.org/politics-gov...

My biggest pet peeve with initiatives like “Riveting Storytelling for All of America” is that it never seems to include hiring people from backgrounds that reflect America? Somehow AI, and a conservative column you have to pay a subscription to read will make you relatable to blue collar people?

Want to tell you elected officials what to do? They’re not reading your social media posts. Here’s a simple guide to get their attention. open.substack.com/pub/dgblanki...

A non doom and gloom story (by me) that features the voices of children learning how to read -

“CBS is especially respected for its reporting during and after World War II; Edward R. Murrow’s fearless exposure of Senator Joseph McCarthy is the stuff of legend. How will the network be remembered at the close of this era?”

Famed concern of the American people: underwriting length. Public media is a threat to power because we don't operate inside the corporate levers and don't have billionaire owners who can kill coverage they don't like. Simple as that.

Fellow reporters, I know it's a lot to keep up with the avalanche of news, especially as some of you are continuing to experience shrinking budgets and newsroom layoffs. Keep at it. Pace yourself. Remember why we do what we do.

Gov. Tina Kotek and AG Dan Rayfield are holding a press conference now about freezing federal funds. They say they don’t know much yet.

Updated with some more comments, details about federal funding in Oregon. Expecting more within the next hour from Gov. Kotek and AG Rayfield. Several other Democratic states have already announced that they joined a lawsuit. #orpol oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/28/o...

It should be said that @anniewaldman.bsky.social asked UnitedHealthcare for comment over a month ago. Asked again 11 days ago, a spokesperson for the company said “we are in mourning” and that they could not engage with a “non-urgent story during this incredibly difficult moment in time.”

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wants the state to spend more than $2 billion on homelessness and housing and send a record $11.4 billion to public schools as part of a budget focused on maintaining existing programs with little cash to spare for new initiatives. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/12/02/o...

My husband was laid off from his job this morning, and today is our last day of insurance. Irony is receiving that news on the way to a doctor's appointment. If you have ever thought of getting a paid subscription to my Substack, today is a good day for it! leahsottile.substack.com