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Lucille McNamara

Lucille McNamara is a Daily Tidings reporter with 27 years of journalism experience, covering Oregon public safety, crime and courts, plus statewide policy and community impact stories including housing, education, health, and immigration. She previously worked at The Star.
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Oregon Lawmakers Remove Privacy Safeguards From License Plate Camera Bill After Heavy Lobbying

Lucille McNamara Feb 23, 2026

When Oregon lawmakers agreed to remove end-to-end encryption from Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) last Friday, it left the door open for ALPR vendors to access, share, and sell private data. According to Eyes Off Eugene, a local…

News

Whistleblower Files Lawsuit Claiming Gross Mismanagement and Waste of Public Funds at Portland…

Lucille McNamara Feb 22, 2026

PORTLAND, Ore. — A former executive of one of the largest homeless service providers in Multnomah County has filed a $4.5 million lawsuit for unfair dismissal for attempting to disclose alleged gross mismanagement by top executives of the…

Politics & Elections

Oregon’s Transportation Bill Heads Into a High-Stakes Vote Tomorrow After Days of Walkouts and…

Lucille McNamara Feb 22, 2026

Tactics by Republicans in the Oregon Senate have once again delayed the state’s much-maligned transportation funding bill, which has a deadline for signature by Governor Tina Kotek this Wednesday, February 25. Voting is scheduled for…

News

Oregon Governor Asks President Trump to Declare a Major Disaster After Winter Storms Devastated Nine…

Lucille McNamara Feb 21, 2026

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has written to President Donald Trump, requesting him to declare a major disaster following severe storms that struck the state for a week in December 2025. Tidings Data Snapshot FEMA Cost Share Math For…

Crime & Courts

Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to Oregon Government Network After Major Breach

Lucille McNamara Feb 21, 2026

A Romanian national pleaded guilty yesterday to selling access to an Oregon state government office network after obtaining unauthorized access in June 2021. Catalin Dragomir (45) pleaded guilty to obtaining information from a protected…

Crime & Courts

Roseburg Teacher Arrested After Deputies Link Him to Misconduct Allegations in Developmental…

Lucille McNamara Feb 20, 2026

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A 35-year-old teacher from the Fremont Middle School in Douglas County has been taken into custody on allegations of initiating unwanted and offensive physical contact with several special needs children in the school’s…

Education

U.S. Department of Education Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Portland Public Schools’ Center for Black…

Lucille McNamara Feb 20, 2026

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating alleged violations of federal civil rights law by Portland Public Schools (PPS) that is offering certain programs exclusively to Black students. Tidings Data…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Supplying More Than a Ton of Marijuana to…

Lucille McNamara Feb 20, 2026

Oregon man, Robert Fiels (38) of City Falls, was sentenced yesterday to five years and 10 months in federal prison for supplying more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and marijuana products for distribution across Western New York.…

News

Oregon Challenges Trump Administration Cuts That Threaten the State’s Zero-Emission Deadlines and…

Lucille McNamara Feb 19, 2026

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 12 other state AGs yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration for terminating billions of dollars in energy and infrastructure funding nationwide. In a news…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Woman Sentenced to Prison After IRS Says She Used Employee Tax Withholdings to Buy Luxury…

Lucille McNamara Feb 19, 2026

The owner of a tree removal and landscaping business in Happy Valley, Oregon, 47-year-old Joyce Leard, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in federal prison for willfully failing to pay owner employment business taxes to the IRS amounting…

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