Rebecca Hansen-White
@becannew.bsky.social
Friendly neighborhood public radio reporter at KLCC Oregon.
Formerly Spokane Public Radio, Spokesman-Review.
Signal: rebhansenw.87
Formerly Spokane Public Radio, Spokesman-Review.
Signal: rebhansenw.87
Reposted by Rebecca Hansen-White
Lane County has signed a two-year, $132,000 contract with Flock Safety. The technology will allow deputies to search for vehicles based on license plates, or use AI to search for visual characteristics like color and model.
www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...
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Lane County has a contract with AI license plate company Flock, but says it hasn't installed any cameras yet
Lane County is the latest local government to sign a contract with AI-license plate reader company Flock Safety.
www.klcc.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Lane County has signed a two-year, $132,000 contract with Flock Safety. The technology will allow deputies to search for vehicles based on license plates, or use AI to search for visual characteristics like color and model.
www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...
www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...
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Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson says she's been navigating her first 10 months in office while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Mayor Knudson says that she is now cancer free.
KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White spoke with Knudson about her experience.
www.klcc.org/health-medic...
KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White spoke with Knudson about her experience.
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Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson says she is now cancer free after months-long battle with breast cancer
Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson says she's been navigating her first year in office while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Knudson is now cancer free and shared her experience with KLCC.
www.klcc.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson says she's been navigating her first 10 months in office while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Mayor Knudson says that she is now cancer free.
KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White spoke with Knudson about her experience.
www.klcc.org/health-medic...
KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White spoke with Knudson about her experience.
www.klcc.org/health-medic...
“I simply don’t trust Flock, and I don’t trust the Trump administration, given where we are today.”
Eugene Council unanimously voted to pause their use of AI license plate cameras , which are owned by national surveillance company Flock.
Eugene Council unanimously voted to pause their use of AI license plate cameras , which are owned by national surveillance company Flock.
Eugene City Council asks to turn Flock Cameras off amidst fears of federal misuse
City Council members said recent efforts to deploy National Guard troops in Portland, and aggressive federal immigration enforcement tactics made them nervous about continuing to use a new surveillanc...
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October 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“I simply don’t trust Flock, and I don’t trust the Trump administration, given where we are today.”
Eugene Council unanimously voted to pause their use of AI license plate cameras , which are owned by national surveillance company Flock.
Eugene Council unanimously voted to pause their use of AI license plate cameras , which are owned by national surveillance company Flock.
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The question of who gets to tell the story is a critically important one right now. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Feds grant ICE building access to conservative media, influencers, ignore local Portland press
Not all news organizations have been granted the same access to the ICE facility and the people who work there.
www.oregonlive.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The question of who gets to tell the story is a critically important one right now. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Crosscut/cascade pbs is an essential part of the PNW's journalism ecosystem, and writers their have for years, consistently asked WA leaders hard questions. Truly unbelievable.
Devastating news for local journalism.
Seattle's Cascade PBS announces layoffs, end of online long-form journalism
The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions, station President and CEO Rob Dunlop told KUOW.
www.kuow.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Crosscut/cascade pbs is an essential part of the PNW's journalism ecosystem, and writers their have for years, consistently asked WA leaders hard questions. Truly unbelievable.
Funding for the 126 overhaul, as well as several other Oregon infrastructure projects, were put on hold earlier this year by the Trump administration.
Locals in Veneta have long said the intersection of Oregon Hwy 126 and Huston Road is dangerous. The intersection is scheduled for a significant safety overhaul. But troubles with federal funding may shrink the project, and push back construction at least a year.
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Highway 126 safety overhaul at high-collision Veneta intersection faces delay after federal funding issue
A man killed by a hit and run driver over Labor Day weekend is the third person to die at this 126 intersection in the last four years. The area was scheduled for a safety overhaul. But troubles with ...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Funding for the 126 overhaul, as well as several other Oregon infrastructure projects, were put on hold earlier this year by the Trump administration.
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Following an immigration raid at an active wildfire in Washington state, wildland fire professionals are raising alarms that the leadership team in charge of the fire response may have sent their crews into an ambush.
stateline.org/2025/08/31/f...
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Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid • Stateline
Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours.
stateline.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Following an immigration raid at an active wildfire in Washington state, wildland fire professionals are raising alarms that the leadership team in charge of the fire response may have sent their crews into an ambush.
stateline.org/2025/08/31/f...
stateline.org/2025/08/31/f...
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Have you ever wondered if government leaders are writing things with ChatGPT?
Through records requests, I obtained thousands of pages of chat histories from city officials in Washington.
The logs show widespread use of AI — with little transparency:
www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/08...
Through records requests, I obtained thousands of pages of chat histories from city officials in Washington.
The logs show widespread use of AI — with little transparency:
www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/08...
Washington city officials are using ChatGPT for government work
Records show that public servants have used generative AI to write emails to constituents, mayoral letters, policy documents and more
www.cascadepbs.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Have you ever wondered if government leaders are writing things with ChatGPT?
Through records requests, I obtained thousands of pages of chat histories from city officials in Washington.
The logs show widespread use of AI — with little transparency:
www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/08...
Through records requests, I obtained thousands of pages of chat histories from city officials in Washington.
The logs show widespread use of AI — with little transparency:
www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/08...
Reposted by Rebecca Hansen-White
Hello just wanted to say:
Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.
Just noting.
Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.
Just noting.
July 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hello just wanted to say:
Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.
Just noting.
Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.
Just noting.
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Eugene and Springfield police have purchased license plate readers that use AI to make digital fingerprints of vehicles. Police say they're a tool to gather objective evidence.
Privacy advocates fear the system could put Oregon’s vulnerable residents at risk.
www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...
Privacy advocates fear the system could put Oregon’s vulnerable residents at risk.
www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...
Eugene and Springfield will soon have new AI-powered license plate readers that will make ‘digital fingerprints’ of cars
Eugene and Springfield police have purchased license plate readers that use AI to make digital fingerprints of vehicles. Police say they're a tool to gather objective evidence. Privacy advocates fear ...
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June 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Eugene and Springfield police have purchased license plate readers that use AI to make digital fingerprints of vehicles. Police say they're a tool to gather objective evidence.
Privacy advocates fear the system could put Oregon’s vulnerable residents at risk.
www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...
Privacy advocates fear the system could put Oregon’s vulnerable residents at risk.
www.klcc.org/crime-law-ju...
"So if you can afford high-priced attorneys -- and find judges to go along -- you get access to a secret court system in Oregon.
The poor, the middle class, everyday Oregonians? You get the public system, the one that has worked just fine since 1859."
The poor, the middle class, everyday Oregonians? You get the public system, the one that has worked just fine since 1859."
June 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"So if you can afford high-priced attorneys -- and find judges to go along -- you get access to a secret court system in Oregon.
The poor, the middle class, everyday Oregonians? You get the public system, the one that has worked just fine since 1859."
The poor, the middle class, everyday Oregonians? You get the public system, the one that has worked just fine since 1859."
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Our editor laid himself off this week due to an impending cashflow shortage. We’re pretty devastated, and a little bit scared for the future of RANGE.
I laid myself off this week – RANGE Media
This doesn’t mean the end of RANGE, and I hope it isn’t the end of my time here. I hope it’s just a brief little furlough and not a permanent pink slip.
rangemedia.co
May 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our editor laid himself off this week due to an impending cashflow shortage. We’re pretty devastated, and a little bit scared for the future of RANGE.
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We've been hard at work at the #orleg, including by marshaling opposition last week to this proposal that could chill public service journalism by giving people and their lawyers more time to make frivolous demands to retract news articles. Read more from @opb.org:
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Republican lawmaker wants Oregonians to have more time to fight media errors
Rep. Darin Harbick's son was at the Jan. 6 insurrection four years ago, but the lawmaker took issue with a Eugene Weekly story.
www.opb.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We've been hard at work at the #orleg, including by marshaling opposition last week to this proposal that could chill public service journalism by giving people and their lawyers more time to make frivolous demands to retract news articles. Read more from @opb.org:
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Reposted by Rebecca Hansen-White
Eugene's current budget would close the downtown library 2 days a week, end the city’s contract with Greenhill Humane Society, and close the Amazon Pool and Sheldon Community Center in the fall.
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Eugene leaders are officially presented with proposal to slash library, animal and community services
Eugene's current budget would close the downtown library 2 days a week, end the city’s contract with Greenhill Humane Society, and close the Amazon Pool and Sheldon Community Center in the fall.
www.klcc.org
May 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Eugene's current budget would close the downtown library 2 days a week, end the city’s contract with Greenhill Humane Society, and close the Amazon Pool and Sheldon Community Center in the fall.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
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A Lane County food waste and recycling project has hit a few setbacks: The county’s building permit was rejected and one trash company has diverted thousands of tons of garbage and revenue, to its own landfill.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
Lane County’s recycling, food diversion project faces zoning, corporate pushback
A Lane County food waste and recycling project has hit a few setbacks: The county’s building permit was rejected and one trash company has diverted thousands of tons of garbage and revenue, to its own...
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April 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Lane County food waste and recycling project has hit a few setbacks: The county’s building permit was rejected and one trash company has diverted thousands of tons of garbage and revenue, to its own landfill.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
A few council members pushed back on the idea, saying the could lose voters trust and compromising on the fee could put the city in another deficit in a few years.
In the next few weeks, Eugene City Council could consider an alternative to the fire fee in hopes of avoiding a budget crisis and a divisive election.
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Eugene leaders could consider slimmed down, fire fee alternative
In the next few weeks, Eugene City Council could consider an alternative to the fire fee in hopes of avoiding a budget crisis and a divisive election.
www.klcc.org
April 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A few council members pushed back on the idea, saying the could lose voters trust and compromising on the fee could put the city in another deficit in a few years.
Reposted by Rebecca Hansen-White
A Eugene ballot measure that would allow voters to decide whether they want to pay a new fire fee is mostly funded by commercial property owners and businesses.
Opponents to the ballot measure have argued that a fee is the only way the Eugene can dodge drastic cuts.
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Opponents to the ballot measure have argued that a fee is the only way the Eugene can dodge drastic cuts.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
Petition to place Eugene's fire fee on the ballot backed by business, commercial property interests
A Eugene ballot measure that would allow voters to decide whether they want to pay a new fire fee is mostly funded by commercial property owners and businesses.
www.klcc.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A Eugene ballot measure that would allow voters to decide whether they want to pay a new fire fee is mostly funded by commercial property owners and businesses.
Opponents to the ballot measure have argued that a fee is the only way the Eugene can dodge drastic cuts.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
Opponents to the ballot measure have argued that a fee is the only way the Eugene can dodge drastic cuts.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
Reposted by Rebecca Hansen-White
The emergency room is feeling the strain of multiple local healthcare challenges, including a rise in respiratory infections, the closure of the University District emergency room, and accommodating thousands of former Oregon Medical Group patients.
www.klcc.org/health-medic...
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Flu, healthcare shortage strain Riverbend’s Emergency Room
Patients at one of the Eugene-Springfield area’s two hospitals are being treated in a call center and a former vending machine room. It comes amid a surge in respiratory illnesses and ongoing turmoil ...
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March 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The emergency room is feeling the strain of multiple local healthcare challenges, including a rise in respiratory infections, the closure of the University District emergency room, and accommodating thousands of former Oregon Medical Group patients.
www.klcc.org/health-medic...
www.klcc.org/health-medic...
“Cities like Eugene and Corvallis are canaries in the coal mine, don't ignore the warning signs.”
The bill has strong support from Eugene and Corvallis area lawmakers, who argue corporate takeovers have made it harder for their constituents to get care.
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Bill before Oregon lawmakers aims to limit private equity, corporate interest in Oregon healthcare
The bill has strong support from Eugene, Corvallis area lawmakers who argue corporate takeovers have made it harder for their constituents to get care.
www.klcc.org
March 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“Cities like Eugene and Corvallis are canaries in the coal mine, don't ignore the warning signs.”
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Oregon U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle recently spoke with KLCC's Rachael McDonald. She believes the United States is in a constitutional crisis.
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www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
Val Hoyle says Trump and his supporters are 'trying to set up an imperial presidency'
Oregon U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle says she’s been hearing from people in Oregon who’ve been fired as part of President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
www.klcc.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Oregon U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle recently spoke with KLCC's Rachael McDonald. She believes the United States is in a constitutional crisis.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
My biggest pet peeve with initiatives like “Riveting Storytelling for All of America” is that it never seems to include hiring people from backgrounds that reflect America?
Somehow AI, and a conservative column you have to pay a subscription to read will make you relatable to blue collar people?
Somehow AI, and a conservative column you have to pay a subscription to read will make you relatable to blue collar people?
They know they're in the journalism industry right?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/b...
February 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My biggest pet peeve with initiatives like “Riveting Storytelling for All of America” is that it never seems to include hiring people from backgrounds that reflect America?
Somehow AI, and a conservative column you have to pay a subscription to read will make you relatable to blue collar people?
Somehow AI, and a conservative column you have to pay a subscription to read will make you relatable to blue collar people?
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Want to tell you elected officials what to do? They’re not reading your social media posts. Here’s a simple guide to get their attention. open.substack.com/pub/dgblanki...
Your citizen’s toolkit for taking political action
Alternatives to just shouting your opinions into the void of social media.
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Want to tell you elected officials what to do? They’re not reading your social media posts. Here’s a simple guide to get their attention. open.substack.com/pub/dgblanki...
A non doom and gloom story (by me) that features the voices of children learning how to read -
Students across Oregon are still struggling with reading and writing – but a Eugene area district says it's seeing improvements with the help of the “science of reading.”
www.klcc.org/education/20...
www.klcc.org/education/20...
Bethel sees improvements in student literacy with ‘science of reading’
Students across Oregon are still struggling with reading and writing – but a Eugene area district says it's seeing improvements with the help of the “science of reading.”
www.klcc.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A non doom and gloom story (by me) that features the voices of children learning how to read -
Reposted by Rebecca Hansen-White
“CBS is especially respected for its reporting during and after World War II; Edward R. Murrow’s fearless exposure of Senator Joseph McCarthy is the stuff of legend. How will the network be remembered at the close of this era?”
"The First Amendment gives American publishers and platforms rights that are the envy of their counterparts around the world. That today so many of these organizations evidently lack the will or courage to exercise them is frightening and dispiriting." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...
Opinion | Settlements With Trump Are Weakening Press Freedoms (Gift Article)
Media institutions and technology companies are offering obscene sums of money to settle feeble or frivolous lawsuits.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“CBS is especially respected for its reporting during and after World War II; Edward R. Murrow’s fearless exposure of Senator Joseph McCarthy is the stuff of legend. How will the network be remembered at the close of this era?”