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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 Want Painful Laboratory Experiments on Cats and Dogs to Stop

Lucille McNamara Apr 22, 2025

Banning any laboratory experiment that is painful to cats and dogs and funded by public money won the hearts of a 24-3 majority of Oregon lawmakers who passed Senate Bill 181 last week. The Senate Bill that prohibits experiments on…

Education

Oregon Graduate Students Win Visa Reinstatement Battle Against Trump Administration’s Deportation…

Lucille McNamara Apr 22, 2025

Two graduate students attending Oregon universities have won an appeal against the Trump administration calling for the reinstatement of their visas. They have avoided detention or deportation and can continue with their studies. …

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Oregon Lawmakers Pass Bill Criminalizing Explicit AI-Generated Deepfakes Targeting Women and…

Lucille McNamara Apr 21, 2025

Criminalizing pornographic, sexually explicit AI-generated images, mostly involving women and children, has been unanimously approved by the Oregon House in a bipartisan bill that now moves to the Senate for consideration. …

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Dies Trying to Stop Thieves from Stealing His Bicycle

Lucille McNamara Apr 20, 2025

Thirty-eight-year-old Stephen Hayes of Hood River died while trying to stop thieves from stealing his bicycle. Three people now face murder charges for the incident that occurred on 11 April. He was Driven Over as He Clung to the…

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Providence Hospital Group, Employer of 25,000 Oregonians, Faces a Dire Financial Crisis

Lucille McNamara Apr 20, 2025

One of Oregon’s biggest employers – Providence Health and Services – is facing a bleak future as the Trump administration imposes federal budget cuts and tariff hikes that could reduce the hospital group’s income by $500 million. Adding…

Crime & Courts

Honduran Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Massive Fentanyl Stash in Portland

Lucille McNamara Apr 19, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Honduran national living in Portland has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release after he was found in possession of nearly 16 pounds of powdered fentanyl and nearly 60,000…

Crime & Courts

Guatemalan Woman Charged with Laundering $89 Million in Drug Money Through Oregon Money Service…

Lucille McNamara Apr 19, 2025

Brenda Lili Barrera Orantes (39), a Guatemalan national living in Beaverton, has been charged with laundering drug money via her money service business, La Popular. She Charged 10% For Her Money Laundering Service Barrera Orantes…

News

Oregon Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Doxxing with Jail Time and Fines

Lucille McNamara Apr 19, 2025

Prosecutor Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat from Eugene, was one of 29 senators who unanimously passed Senate Bill 1121 on Thursday, making doxxing a criminal offense punishable by up to six months imprisonment, a fine of $2,500, or both.…

Crime & Courts

Multnomah County’s Homelessness Surges 26% as New Data Reveals Crisis Outpacing Solutions

Lucille McNamara Apr 18, 2025

People are becoming homeless faster than Multnomah County’s homeless services can provide a solution. New Public Homelessness Data Dashboard This information is contained in a new Homeless Services Department public dashboard…

Crime & Courts

Texas Duo Sentenced to Nearly 17 Years for Posing as DEA Agents in Armed Robbery in Southern Oregon

Lucille McNamara Apr 18, 2025

Two 23-year-old men from Texas were sentenced to a total of 199 months in federal prison for disguising themselves as agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and conspiring to commit an armed robbery in Southern Oregon.…

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