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Oregon emergency radio system running late and $107 million over budget
Oregonian
The price of Oregon's plan to build a statewide emergency radio network has soared $107 million over budget because of mismanagement, missed deadlines and hidden costs.

Internal state audits and reports released to The Oregonian Tuesday under the state's public records law show state officials also failed to include big-ticket items -- such as a $10 million operations center needed to help run the radio network -- in the cost estimates they gave to legislators. ...