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Search results for "Oregon" ...
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No room for sex offenders
"This story looks at residency restrictions imposted on sex offenders in the state of Oregon and addresses the issue of why parole officers frequently place offenders in student housing near large universities."
Tags: sex offenders; university; housing; students; campus;
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Campaign Cash
"Though Oregon legislators had promised to limit the use of their campaign donations to actual campaigning during the 2007 sessions, they balked and passed no such reform during. Thanks to new reporting requirements, legislators had to begin itemizing how they spent their campaign money at all times."
Tags: legislators; campaign finances; donations; reforms
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Money Machines
Open Advanced MRI may be operating illegally in Oregon because of the way it engages in practices. Each doctor that refers a patient to have an MRI will receive $500 from OAMRI, and also receive money for other scans as well.
Tags: Gerald Warnock; insurance; medicaid; medicare; medical; physician
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Power Trips
Medill students partnered with American Public Media and the Center for Public Integrity to examine travel taken by members of Congress and their staffers paid for with private dollars, largely by lobbyists. They expanded the publicly available database to include travel by staffers and travel though June 30, 2006. Reporters from Medill NewsService wrote over 30 stories based on the data. All the stories are included here.
Tags: ethics; congressional staffers; lobbyists; Alabama; California-Imperial Valley; Colorado; Connecticut; Florida; Indiana; Iowa; Massachusetts; Missouri; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Platts, South Carolina; Barney Frank; Washington; IRE Student Entry
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Coping with a Crisis
The author investigated a budget crisis in Coburg, Oregon. He looked into the factors that led to the crisis, and the steps that the city took towards recovery. Holtz also investigated the remaining problems that resulted from the crisis, as well as the fact that the city government was not being held accountable by the state or by town residents.
Tags: money; city government; state government; finance; budget; government expenditures
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"The PGE Papers"
Jaquiss' investigation into the proposed sale of Portland General Electric, Oregon's largest utility, revealed information from inside sources that sank the deal. While Texas Pacific Group, a private equity firm, publicly promised to keep PGE intact and not try to flip it quickly for big profits, internal documents revealed their real intentions were exactly the opposite. Jaquiss also revealed a tax scam in which hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes were collected from rate-payers but never turned over to the government. Also included are stories from other sources that cover the effects of Jaquiss' reporting.
Tags: City government; public utilities; Enron; energy costs; price gouging; tax fraud
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Falling Apart/Licensed, Bonded, Unaccountable
The Oregonian revealed that new residential structures across the Northwest are suffering sometimes catastrophic damage from moisture not just due to poor workmanship, but also to shoddy construction, trouble-prone building materials, inappropriate design and unanticipated complications caused by energy efficient building codes. The stories detail the financial and emotional impact on homeowners, how their dispute with builders has clogged the legal system and how builders have turned to the Legislature for protection from a rash of litigation. In addition, the investigation reveals that the Oregon Construction Contractors Board, the state agency charged with protecting consumers from bad contractors, has allowed builders with histories of incompetence, insolvency and unethical behavior to continue building, without notifying consumers of the dangers.
Tags: CAR; Oregon Construction Contractors Board; Northwest; Portland; construction defect litigation; builders; Oregon Legislature; Construction Claims Task Force; regulation
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The Story Behind the Story
The American Journalism Review tells the story of alt-weekly Willamette Week breaking the sex scandal involving Oregon political legend Neil Goldschmidt, while the large daily, the Oregonian, stumbled with the story.
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The 30-Year Secret
Willamette Week's two-month investigation revealed allegations that legendary Oregon public figure Neil Goldschmidt had sex with a 14-year-old babysitter over a three-year period. The story examines the crime, cover-up and the effect the 30-year secret had on Oregon.
Tags: public officials; Neil Goldschmidt; Portland; Oregon; rape
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Sexual harassment on college campuses
This series explored the effects of sexual harassment and consensual relationships between students and professors at Oregon state universities. It includes experts' advice about identifying and coping with harassment, as well as the students' perspective on the issue. Among other problems, the authors found that universities had inadequate job screening, that ensured job security for professors who may have criminal convictions and a history of sexual harassment charges.
Tags: harassment; college; university; education; tenure; sexual relationships