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  • Published on 19:13 GMT

    Audit finds old tech, maintenance backlogs, staffing shortages plague Oregon prisons

    Oregon’s prison system faces a nearly $900 million backlog in maintenance operations, lacks adequate personnel and uses old technological systems that could harm efforts at public safety, according to a new state audit. The 40-page Wednesday review of the …

    Source: Oregon Capital Chronicle - Left-wing
  • Published on 19:49 GMT

    Audit: Oregon State Penitentiary is almost ‘functionally obsolete’

    SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) — Oregon Secretary of State auditors are urging the Oregon Department of Corrections to develop a plan to move adults in custody out of prisons that pose significant health and safety risks, with particular concern for the Oregon State …

    Source: FOX 12 - Oregon - Indeterminate
  • Published on 17:57 GMT

    Audit Finds Oregon State Prison Too Old

    Secretary of State auditors are recommending that the Oregon Department of Corrections make a plan to move adults in custody out of prisons that pose a significant risk to their health and safety, particularly the Oregon State Penitentiary. This is one of …

    Source: K103 Portland - Oregon - Pending
  • Published on 22:20 GMT

    Audit highlights Oregon’s crumbling prisons, staffing shortages and outdated technology

    An audit into Oregon’s prison system released Wednesday highlights crumbling infrastructure, an $861 million maintenance backlog, outdated technology and staffing shortages, all of which make the agency’s attempts to improve difficult. “Many of Oregon’s …

    Source: Herald and News - Oregon - Neutral
  • Published on 17:52 GMT

    Oregon State Penitentiary near end of life, audit finds

    SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon State Penitentiary is projected to become functionally obsolete in the near future, according to a new audit from the Secretary of State's office. According to the audit, the prison was built in 1866 with expansions in the …

    Source: KEZI - Oregon - Pending
  • Published on 19:03 GMT

    Oregon county ditches soft-on-crime policies for retail theft, approves stiffer penalties

    Local leaders in Oregon’s Washington County have finally had enough of the rampant retail theft in their communities, according to KOIN News. The county, which resides in the greater Portland metropolitan area, recently announced a new arrest and booking …

    Source: AM 770 KTTH - Washington State - Pending
  • Published on 19:30 GMT

    Jackson County Jail log, July 22: Reckless driving, identity theft

    Published 8:20 am Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Arrests Drugs, Reckless driving: Kyle Daniel Fenn, 37, of the 2100 block of Schoolhouse Lane, Shady Cove. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies arrested Fenn Tuesday on charges of unlawful possession of a Schedule II …

    Source: The Rogue Valley Times - Oregon - Pending
  • Published on Jul 21, 2026

    Oregon man sentenced to 2 years in prison for luring a child charge

    LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (KATU) — A 63-year-old from Amity, Oregon was sentenced to more than two years in prison after being found guilty of initiating a sexually graphic conversation with an undercover officer who was posing as a minor. Richard Brotherton was …

    Source: WSBT 22 - Indiana - Center-right
  • Published on Jul 20, 2026

    It Turns Out Oregon Is Pumping Children Full of Wrong Sex Drugs

    It's not news that Oregon is a deep blue state run by leftists. But it turns out the state is a hotbed of the gender mutilation of children, with large numbers of teenagers being diagnosed with gender dysphoria and the widespread distribution of …

    Source: Townhall - Right-wing
  • Published on 14:04 GMT

    Immigration and ICE in Rhode Island

    Casty Souvannaxab holds a picture of her husband, Vanhhatdy “Lay,” who was deported to Laos in May. Photography by Jonathan Pitts-Wiley The last time Casty Souvannaxab saw her husband as a free man in America was on a late March morning in the parking lot …

    Source: Rhode Island Monthly - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 20, 2026

    AI being used to detect wildfires in Oregon, Washington

    PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) — Fire restrictions remain in effect on all Bureau of Land Management public lands in Oregon and Washington as warmer weather drives up wildfire danger across the Pacific Northwest, officials said Monday. Emergency managers are also …

    Source: FOX 12 - Oregon - Indeterminate
  • Published on Jul 20, 2026

    Lane County murder conviction overturned under Oregon's new forensic law

    EUGENE, Ore. - Robert Lyons walked out of the Lane County Jail after his 1991 murder conviction was vacated under a new Oregon law. Lyons spent more than three decades in jail after he was convicted of killing 24-year-old Lori Stabenow at a Eugene motel in …

    Source: KEZI - Oregon - Pending
  • Published on 14:48 GMT

    A Tale of Two Behavioral Health Systems, or How the State Border Determines Who Gets Access to Mental Healthcare

    In July 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) mandated significant health care funding cuts and policy changes related to low-income health insurance programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) administration.  As of …

    Source: Daily Yonder - Kentucky - Left-wing
  • Published on Jul 16, 2026

    OPINION: New ICE Detention Center Poses Critical Test for Colorado

    Photo: Demonstrators gather outside the dormant Hudson Correctional Facility on September 13, 2025, protesting reported plans by the Trump administration to turn it into Colorado’s newest immigrant detention facility. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado …

    Source: Pagosa Daily Post - Colorado - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 16, 2026

    New ICE detention center poses critical test for Colorado

    If federal immigration authorities are allowed to open a second detention center in Colorado, it will represent a political and moral failure of state leaders and residents. ICE operates one detention center in Colorado, an Aurora site of reported inhumane …

    Source: Colorado Newsline - Center-left
  • Published on 20:22 GMT

    Inside the Democratic Socialist uprising

    Candidates affiliated with (or sympathetic to) the Democratic Socialists of America (the DSA) have recently won several Democratic primaries. Although this rise of the left takes a different form, it draws from prior social movements and Bernie Sanders’ …

    Source: Niskanen Center - Center-left
  • Published on 16:52 GMT

    10 essential reads to understand the impact of AI

    As conversations around AI use continue to grow, it can be challenging to stay informed about the impact AI is having on society and our role as consumers. CBC Books has compiled a list of books from experts in the tech industry to help demystify the …

    Source: CBC/Radio-Canada - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on 19:30 GMT

    Shooting suspect arrested following Medford parking dispute

    Shooting suspect arrested following Medford parking dispute Published 10:29 am Wednesday, July 22, 2026 No one was struck by the suspect’s shots, police said in statement Medford police arrested a suspect Tuesday afternoon after a reported shooting …

    Source: The Rogue Valley Times - Oregon - Pending
  • Published on 21:46 GMT

    You Should Get to Own Your Media, Not Rent it Forever

    Last week, Sony—the largest video game company in the world—announced that it will no longer produce physical discs for any new titles on its PlayStation platform starting in 2028. More than 330,000 outraged fans have signed a petition in response, while …

    Source: Current Affairs - Pending

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