It woke up the cat

My Google Voice number got on spam list or something. Every time I get a call, it just hangs up and doesn't leave a message. It doesn't try to sell me anything. Nobody picks up when I call back. What is even the point? Am I being harassed?

State's Psychiatric Security Review Board stalls patient discharge, critics say Lawmakers and advocates have long debated the authority of the board. Critics now say its extreme caution collides with Oregon’s strained mental health system.

Lawmakers and advocates have long debated the authority of the state Psychiatric Security Review Board. Critics now say the board’s extreme caution stalls patient discharge and is colliding with Oregon’s strained mental health system.

In a non car-brained world, the fact that elite cyclists are regularly hit, and often killed, by drivers should lead some of the victim blaming people out there to question what they're saying. You can do everything right and still die.

Legislators mull methods to reincarcerate people released from Oregon prisons in error When prison staff told Natalia Hernandez in August she was being released early, she initially didn’t want to leave.  “At one point, I even begged them to stay,” she recently told lawmakers.   At the ...

I wrote about the bill earlier this year. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

Dangerous Oregon offenders returned to prison following legislative fix - Your Oregon News Jackson County DA announces resolution in most cases to prisoners erroneously released following Department of Corrections sentencing recalculation error The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office ...

Jackson County DA is hauling people convicted of serious crimes back behind bars after the Legislature passed a bill aimed at cleaning up the prison system's re-sentencing mess. youroregonnews.com/2026/04/14/d...

State policy contributes to mentally ill Oregonians falling into homelessness, Multnomah County says Multnomah County commissioners urged state officials late last year to change what they characterized as a discriminatory policy that’s contributing to people with “severe persistent mental illness” falling into homelessness.

Multnomah County commissioners urged state officials late last year to change what they characterized as a discriminatory policy that’s contributing to people with “severe persistent mental illness” falling into homelessness.

State policy contributes to mentally ill Oregonians falling into homelessness, Multnomah County says • Oregon Capital Chronicle A letter from five county commissioners urges state officials to change what they described as a discriminatory policy.

State policy contributes to mentally ill Oregonians falling into homelessness, Multnomah County says oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/14/s...

Some patients at Oregon State Hospital stuck there for months Patients deemed ‘guilty except for insanity’ typically spend months occupying desperately in-demand beds for care that mental health professionals and authorities say they don’t need

Some patients at Oregon State Hospital are stuck in limbo for months. Even after being told they no longer need to be there, only a few are discharged each month from the state’s most-regimented and costly mental health treatment setting.
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Q: Did you post that picture of you depicted as Jesus Christ?

Trump: It was me. I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor. Only the fake news could come up with that one. It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better.

‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view.

Workers I spoke to are pissed.

Released video shows federal arrests in Marion County Courthouse The Marion County Sheriff's Office has released video footage of federal agents arresting two people at the Marion County Courthouse on March 26.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office has released footage of agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arresting two people at the Marion County Courthouse on March 26.

Agents had a judicial warrant for one man but only an administrative warrant for the other man.
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Trump weighs more Cabinet changes after Bondi ouster Pam Bondi was ousted from her post as attorney general on Thursday, but Trump is said to be considering also removing others.

"He’s also taken a hard line on Canada from day one, which POTUS appreciates." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Some patients at Oregon State Hospital stuck there for months Patients deemed guilty except for insanity, a group with a unique legal status, typically spend months occupying desperately in-demand beds for care that mental health professionals and authorities sa...

The Oregon State Hospital is under a federal contempt order because it doesn't have enough beds to admit patients. Yet about 40 patients who don't need treatment at the hospital are waiting to leave. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

I just assume every plant, except for maybe grass, is toxic to cats. I'm amazed that cats haven't gone extinct considering that so many plants can kill them.

I’ve had my phone on #grayscale for not even a week and I feel like it’s already making a big difference

Rapper Afroman wins lawsuit against police over mocking their 2022 raid in viral music videos The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman has won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos that used home security footage to mock them over a 2022 raid of ...

It's too bad they kicked down dude's door on a bad warrant. But the sheriff revived his musical relevance. apnews.com/article/afro...

Rapper Afroman wins lawsuit against police over mocking their 2022 raid in viral music videos The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman has won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos that used home security footage to mock them over a 2022 raid of ...

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At last, there’s a Jan. 6 memorial plaque in the US Capitol. But just try finding it. • Oregon Capital Chronicle A newly installed commemorative plaque honors those who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

“this isn’t a place where visitors will see it,”
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“The grand jury is entitled to free access at all reasonable times to such correctional facilities and juvenile facilities, and, without charge, to all public records in the county pertaining thereto.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Behold. The newspaper industry

In the Shadows: Records Show Labor Leader’s Campaign to Influence City Councilors Labor Council Secretary Laurie Wimmer privately suggested councilors sue the city to stop “MAGA of the left” from choosing council president.

New records reveal a top labor executive quietly pushed a Portland councilor to sue the city and let the mayor pick the next council president—raising fresh questions about power and transparency at City Hall.

Problems remain after prison officials pledged to overhaul health services - Street Roots Oregon prison officials pledged to overhaul health services, but a new inspection found the women’s correctional facility still isn’t meeting standards.

A year after Oregon prison officials pledged to overhaul health services, an inspection by a national accrediting group found that Coffee Creek Correctional Facility still isn’t meeting standards.

Journalism people, what do you do with this situation? My reporter’s notebook just has a few more sheets of paper. If i keep using it, i will run out of paper while reporting. Filling it up and switching to another notebook in the middle of reporting means another thing to keep track of.

Problems remain after prison officials pledged to overhaul health services After an earlier inspection found long delays for care at Oregon's only women's prison, inspectors returned for a follow-up that found remaining problems with staff training and documentation.

"A year after Oregon prison officials pledged to overhaul health services, an inspection by a national accrediting group found the women's correctional facility still isn't meeting standards."
#Oregon #USA #Incarceration #Healthcare #SexualViolence

Can anyone recommend a good alternative to Google Voice?

Legislators mull methods to reincarcerate people released from Oregon prisons in error Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would codify how prison officials can haul people back behind bars if they may have been released in error. Critics say it would enshrine overreach.

"[D]uplicate time."

"McEwen was among the 22 people the Department of Corrections released, then reincarcerated."

"This is the very type of abuse of executive power that the state of Oregon claims to be fighting at the federal level."
#Oregon #USA #Drugs #Incarceration #Courts

huh… weird

Hospitals push for a change to Oregon law that could increase medical debt among low-income patients Opponents say the seemingly small change could undermine efforts to help low-income patients access care. Hospitals say it’s a burden.

Lawmakers will consider a change to Oregon law that could increase medical debt among low-income patients. Opponents say the change could weaken efforts to help low-income patients access care, as nearly a third of Oregonians have taken on medical debt. Hospitals say it’s an administrative burden.

Oregon's SB 1521, modernizing inclusionary zoning in the Portland metro area, unanimously passes Senate Housing. 🎉

Based on 10 years of lessons, it gives cities new policy options + a requirement that such programs be fully funded.

Moves to senate floor!

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