Nick Budnick

Edit/report @TheLundReport, the nonprofit newsroom shining a light on health care for Oregon/SW Wash | Send tips: [email protected] | board @SPJOregon #FOI

[Nick Budnick @NickBudnick]

Dr. @SejalHathi is out as the Oregon Health Authority director, @TheLundReport has learned. Hathi's departure for personal reasons came as her decisions had increasingly placed Gov. @TinaKotek in an awkward position. https://t.co/7zjp2kWE23

[Bill Oram @billoram]

With his deadpan delivery and unmatched zeal, Zane really was the best of us. This tragic news has stunned everyone in our newsroom, but the integrity and bravery of Zane's fight should surprise no one. Just an immeasurable loss. https://t.co/HBOTKuMwQ0

[Mike Baker @ByMikeBaker]

What a terrible loss for Portland and for journalism. I don't know of anyone who loved the city more than Zane. He put himself in harm’s way and told hard truths. He documented realities that undermined a world’s worth of Portland mythmaking.

https://t.co/y6yS0yQCNf

[Nick Budnick @NickBudnick]

News: Sean Murphy, a top Washington state behavioral health official, is taking over as superintendent of the beleaguered Oregon State Hospital. Joanne Zuhl @TheLundReport has the scoop: https://t.co/8MTEsmo2DX

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

"The reality of Congo," relayed by an American missionary physician who tried to save lives there, and profiled by @LaurenWeberHP today.

[Seamus Hughes @SeamusHughes]

“I fear we are careening toward a future with fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting — going to places, talking to people, digging up information, covering important issues and events, providing context…” https://t.co/nNPZLHscXe

[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

[LenaSun @bylenasun]

NEW: In a first, FDA authorizes fruit-flavored vapes for adults. Approval marks shift after FDA for years worked aggressively to regulate flavored vapes. It came after President Trump reportedly pressed FDA chief to approve the product. @Rachel_Roubein https://t.co/sFLWDCOXN3

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

Project 2025 called for gutting the EPA's scientific research office. In under a year, the Trump Administration has done exactly that, taking a division of more than 1,500 scientists down to 124, reassigning doctors and epidemiologists to finance offices and hazardous waste permitting desks that have nothing to do with their expertise.   

For more than 50 years, that office produced the independent science behind every major clean air and clean water protection this country has. It existed specifically to be free from political interference.   

The scientists who remain answer to Trump appointees, and their work must now conform to the Administration's agenda.   

No other institution in the United States can replace what's being lost. Once that expertise is dismantled, it doesn’t come back in a year or a decade. It’s a generation of progress erased, deliberately, methodically, and exactly according to plan.  
https://t.co/IbDEHQiRG6

[Nick Budnick @NickBudnick]

News: Dr. Jennifer DeVoe, a prominent national leader in family medicine, claimed in a lawsuit threat obtained under Oregon's public records law that her removal from a $200k-a-year job at @OHSUNews was driven by sexism and ego. @TheLundReport
https://t.co/ywW1ink2bu

[Nick Budnick @NickBudnick]

Good news for those tracking this: @GovTinaKotek is mulling a veto of a bill that her own experts told her would wipe out transparency for Oregonians. More here from @SPJOregon : https://t.co/9fJIaK4L4w

[Brian Hines @oregonbrian]

Tonight's blog post: "Really irritating that Oregon legislature may weaken public meetings law that Mayor Hoy violated"
https://t.co/Ma0GEzb12U

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Ozempic's patent protections are expiring in India, China and other countries, opening the door for cheaper generic options.

https://t.co/yukZrfUa1f

[Nick Budnick @NickBudnick]

@OregonEdProject @Save_Our_Cities @TinaKotek If your goal is accountability, Rob, I guess I'm not sure why you'd support impairing communities' ability to find out what their officials are doing, what it will cost and why.

[Nick Budnick @NickBudnick]

'SPJ’s Code of Ethics calls upon us to serve communities with civic information and defend open government for all Oregonians. This bill takes a wrecking ball to both of those things.' SPJ joins others in calling on @TinaKotek to veto HB 4177 #orleg #orpol https://t.co/UtxQkfFGaQ

[Bob Herman @bobjherman]

Last year, UnitedHealth Group disclosed 3,100 subsidiaries. This year? Just 10. The health care giant is paring back transparency right as its executives say they are embracing it. https://t.co/Wp1TYSUKTa

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Look at these numbers. AI summaries are fuelling a news holocaust.

[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

Congrats to @JasonLeopold - my friend and FOIA teacher who has always been generous with his time in teaching other journalists how to pry documents from the government.

[Nick Budnick @NickBudnick]

Longtime activist responds to the claims of local officials pushing Rep. Nathan Sosa's HB 4177. Fast-moving bill is giving 'heartburn' to the state's top expert on the law and other #FOI supporters, incl @SPJOregon, @ORPressAssoc, @OPB. #orleg #orpol More: https://t.co/W3zyugTDxm

[Brian Hines @oregonbrian]

Tonight's blog post: "Really irritating that Oregon legislature may weaken public meetings law that Mayor Hoy violated"
https://t.co/Ma0GEzb12U

[Brian Hines @oregonbrian]

Tonight's blog post: "Really irritating that Oregon legislature may weaken public meetings law that Mayor Hoy violated"
https://t.co/Ma0GEzb12U

[barttels @barttels2]

@NickBudnick @SPJOregon @OPB Pretty stark line here between reporters who want public business conducted in public, and government operatives who don’t. I’m sure it’s inconvenient and restrictive. Too bad so sad. Go into private business then.