Evan Watson
Investigative Reporter at KGW-TV (Portland, OR)
Investigative Reporter for @KGWNews | Email: [email protected] | KC-TX-GA-VA-OR
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6 days ago |
kgw.com | Evan Watson
PORTLAND, Ore. — Significant federal cuts to hundreds of criminal justice grant programs nationwide, many focused on preventing youth gun violence and supporting crime victims, will make little to no difference in reducing government spending or benefitting taxpayers. On April 22, the U.S. Department of Justice slashed several Oregon grant programs for disabled crime victims, hate crime reporting, and youth violence prevention.
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1 week ago |
kgw.com | Evan Watson
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Trump administration has slashed grant funding for Oregon-based programs supporting disabled crime victims, youth gun violence prevention, and hate crime reporting, as the U.S. Justice Department becomes the latest federal agency to aggressively downsize. People who worked on some of those programs in Oregon can attest to the way decisions made with the stroke of a pen in Washington, D.C. are having a dramatic impact on local communities.
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2 weeks ago |
kgw.com | Evan Watson
PORTLAND, Ore. — Earlier this month, President Donald Trump abruptly called a 90-day pause on his widespread "reciprocal" tariffs, leaving in place a baseline 10% tariff and substantially hiking tariffs on China in particular. While that move prompted a partial recovery of the nose-diving stock market, it left many U.S. businesses facing higher costs and continuing uncertainty.
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3 weeks ago |
kgw.com | Evan Watson
PORTLAND, Ore. — A few months after a crisis in Multnomah County's emergency medical system came to a head, ambulance provider AMR reports that it is almost in compliance with response time standards — a nigh-miraculous turnaround. For years, AMR's ambulance response times in Multnomah County failed to meet those standards and only seemed to be getting worse, resulting in paramedics showing up late to 911 calls, if they were available to respond at all.
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4 weeks ago |
kgw.com | Evan Watson
CORVALLIS, Ore. — A T-shirt design competition at Oregon State University is sparking questions about the intersection of art and artificial intelligence. The contest's controversial winner received $1,000 and will have their "Dam Proud Day" design printed on thousands of shirts for an upcoming day of giving, but was the design AI-generated?
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What's the deal? I talked with three small business owners in Portland about the Trump admin's tariff impacts. Even with many tariffs on hold, some owners are already paying for price increases from suppliers - and those costs will reach consumers soon. https://t.co/NVl9QRA8EI
A t-shirt design contest at Oregon State University is sparking questions about art and artificial intelligence Did an AI design win a student $1,000? It will be printed on thousands of shirts for an upcoming day of giving. So - what comes next? @KGWNews https://t.co/c7kGttiyHU
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