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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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Politics & Elections

Oregon Plans to Fund Wildfire Fight With Fresh Taxes on Tobacco, Timber, and Property Owners

Lucille McNamara Jun 24, 2025

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has thrown her support behind proposed legislation that would impose a range of taxes on products to raise money to combat wildfires. House Bill 3940 has passed the House of Representatives and will now pass to…

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Public Outcry Grows Over Republican Plan to Sell Off 22 Million Acres of Oregon Public Land

Lucille McNamara Jun 23, 2025

The Wilderness Society has come out in a scathing attack of Senate Republicans for their ‘poisonous version’ of a bill calling for the sale of between 200 to 300 million acres of land in 11 states, including Oregon, managed by the Bureau of…

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Oregon Leaders Warn Trump’s Iran Strike Could Drag America Into Another Forever War

Lucille McNamara Jun 23, 2025

As nervous Americans watch the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s airstrikes on Iran unfold, Oregon lawmakers reacted swiftly and angrily, calling his action unconstitutional and reckless. Reckless Attack Without Congressional…

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Oregon Moves to Block Trump From Deploying State National Guard Without Permission

Lucille McNamara Jun 22, 2025

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s actions in Los Angeles, where he deployed the National Guard to contain protesters, lawmakers from the Oregon House of Representatives have passed a bill to stop him from ordering the state’s National…

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Oregon’s $14.6 Billion Road Fix Plan Sparks Backlash Over Soaring Driver Costs

Lucille McNamara Jun 22, 2025

Oregon motorists face $14.6 billion in tax and fees to upgrade the state’s dilapidated transport network. House Bill 2025 has raised concerns with many lawmakers, including members of the legislative transportation committee, but was…

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Oregon Man Arrested For Throwing Traffic Cones and Boards With Nails Into Traffic on the I-5

Lucille McNamara Jun 21, 2025

The man who threw traffic cones and boards with protruding nails into lanes of traffic on a 1-5 north of the North Failing Street pedestrian bridge on 14 June, and who was believed to have a bomb in his possession, has been booked into the…

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Oregon Law Forces Power Companies to Use Technology That Delivers Cheaper, Faster Electricity

Lucille McNamara Jun 21, 2025

Oregon lawmakers have passed new legislation that requires utilities to use grid-enhancing technology on transmission lines to increase the efficiency, reliability, and capacity of power supplies. According to the Department of Energy…

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Oregon Governor Clashes With County Over Preschool Tax Blamed for Wealth Exodus

Lucille McNamara Jun 20, 2025

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has expressed concern that Multnomah County’s Preschool for All tax may be the reason why high-income residents are leaving the Portland area. Multnomah Chair Argues Concerns Rely on Old Data However,…

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Oregon Risks Surge in Homelessness as Lawmakers Propose Slashing Eviction Aid by 74 Percent

Lucille McNamara Jun 20, 2025

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has pledged to fight lawmakers who want to slash the budget on eviction prevention funding by a staggering 74%, cutting assistance from 27,713 to 4,331 people in the next two years. If passed by legislators…

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Oregon Governor Threatens to Tap $161 Million Rainy Day Fund as Wildfire Funding Talks Stall

Lucille McNamara Jun 19, 2025

As lawmakers wrestle with ideas to raise funds to fight wildfires, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek says she will allocate all the interest from the state’s reserve fund if legislators fail to reach consensus by the end of the session. …

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