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Key Issue Update from Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis
April 16, 2021
Mayor Lucy Vinis will update the community on a few of the critical issues facing Eugene. KLCC’s News Director Rachael McDonald will lead the discussion, with a focus on four questions: What is the City doing about the issue of homelessness? What are the City’s plans for reforming public safety? …
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Changes on the Eugene 4J Board?—A Candidate Forum
April 9, 2021
On May 18, voters in Eugene School District 4J will have the opportunity to choose among the candidates for three seats on the board. The race for Position 3 features two newcomers to elective politics taking on an incumbent. The race for Position 6 has only one candidate, hoping to …
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Eugene Downtown Riverfront Redevelopment Project: A River Flows Through It
April 2, 2021
Eugene has turned its back on the Willamette River for more than a hundred years. Finally, after more than a decade of planning, public process, and negotiations, the City of Eugene and private developers are taking the next steps in the Downtown Riverfront Redevelopment project in Eugene. Developers Dike Dame …
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How Can We Achieve Universal Access to Health Care?
March 26, 2021
In January 2020, the American College of Physicians (ACP) released a new plan for the American health care system in a series of policy papers titled, “Better Is Possible: The American College of Physicians Vision for the U.S. Health Care System.” A central component of this plan was the call …
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Falling Behind: Solving Oregon’s Addiction Crisis
March 19, 2021
A 2019 report from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission found that Oregon “ranks among the most challenged states in the nation for substance abuse and mental health problems, while at the same time ranking among the worst states for access and engagement with care.” The National Survey on Drug Use …
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Attack on the U.S. Capitol: Impact on the Republic and the Republican Party
March 12, 2021
Not since the War of 1812 has there been an attack on the US Capitol. The long record of Capitol security was broken on January 6, 2021, and this time the assault was not done by a foreign army, but by U.S. citizens. The January attack on the Capitol will …
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Strides for Social Justice
March 5, 2021
Just in time for Black History Month, PeaceHealth and the Eugene Marathon are collaborating on a new initiative that highlights the contributions, milestones and achievements of local Black residents, as well as the injustices they have faced. Through a free, downloadable app, Strides for Social Justice guides participants on routes …
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Designer Babies: Prospects and Problems
February 26, 2021
Designer babies, once found only in science fiction, have become a reality. We are entering a new era of human evolution with the advent of a technology called CRISPR, which allows scientists to modify our genes. Although CRISPR shows great promise for therapeutic use, it raises thorny ethical, legal, political, …
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Losing Health and Home: Oregon’s Pending Covid-19 Eviction Crisis
February 19, 2021
This City Club program is the third in a three-part series on local housing issues. Eviction has been described as “the nuclear option” to address disputes between tenants and landlords, and the most common cause of eviction is the nonpayment of rent. Evictions initiate a cycle of housing instability for …
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Delivering on the American Dream: Housing Affordability in the 21st Century
February 12, 2021
This City Club program is the second in a three-part series on local housing issues. Oregon’s Legislature took the historic step to re-legalize traditional “missing middle housing” in 2019, but the work to build housing diversity and more inclusive neighborhoods has just begun. One promise of “missing middle housing” is …
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Missing Middle Housing: What Is It? Why Do We Need It? How Do We Get It? …
February 5, 2021
This City Club program is the first in a three-part series on local housing issues. In 2019, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2001 (HB 2001). It was designed to “provide Oregonians with more housing choices, especially more housing choices that people can afford.” The law re-legalizes traditional “missing middle …
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After the Holiday Farm Fire: What Does It Mean to Rebuild? (Part 2 of 2)
January 29, 2021
What does rebuilding look like after the 173,000-acre Holiday Farm Fire along the McKenzie River? Three participants in the process share their experiences.
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Get to Know Eugene’s New City Councilors
January 22, 2021
Randy Groves and Matt Keating were elected as city councilors in Nov. 2020. They will describe their vision for their coming service to Eugene residents.
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Economic Challenges, Opportunities on the Oregon Coast
January 15, 2021
As the new year dawns, communities throughout the Oregon Coast face unique economic challenges and opportunities. On the one hand, as recently detailed by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, rural Oregon—including the Coast—has lost a smaller share of jobs than urban Oregon since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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Implicit Bias: In the Schools, In the Courts, and in Society
January 8, 2021
The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many other unarmed African Americans have heightened awareness of systemic racism and its foundation, implicit bias. Implicit biases are unconscious attitudes and stereotypes that can manifest in criminal justice systems, workplaces, school settings, and healthcare systems. Implicit biases are based on …
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Gifts to the City – December 2020
December 18, 2020
Even those who believe Eugene is a practically perfect place to call home occasionally see a gap where an asset should be. What that gap seems to be depends on where they are standing. What constitutes the right asset to fill it depends on their understanding of community. In this …
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Election 2020: What Happened and Why
December 11, 2020
The Election of 2020 will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the most unique exercises in American democracy. Over 150 million voters voted by mail or came to the polls to render verdict on who and what party should lead the nation over the next your years. This …
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Covid-19: Where We Are, Where We Are Going
December 4, 2020
As feared, the combination of colder weather and “pandemic fatigue” is producing a spike in Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in Oregon and around the country. As daily infection figures in Oregon soared above 1,000 for the first time, Governor Kate Brown issued a two-week “freeze”— effective November 18, 2020—with …
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(Re)Writing Oregon’s History
November 20, 2020
Who wrote Oregon’s history and how accurate is it? What can we learn that will correct the myths?
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Fire on the River (Part 1 of 2)
November 13, 2020
On the night of Sept. 7, 2020 the Holiday Farm Fire ignited near milepost 47 on Oregon 126, along the banks of the McKenzie River. By Sept. 9, the US Forest Service Incident Command reported, “Red Flag conditions have caused explosive fire growth over the past two days on the …
