Evening News

The Oregon state senate passed a bill today calling for an investigation of racism in the state’s foster care system. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson—Oregon Senate Majority Leader and co-sponsor of the bill. The Foster care study bill wil... Read more

Last Week, CodePink Women for Peace attempted to bring essential goods into Gaza but were stopped from entering by the Israeli guards. KBOO’s Crystal Leighty spoke with one of the participants, Lana, about the situation. Read more

Normal 0 The world's largest organization of Jewish clergy has come out in support of Barack Obama’s call for a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion. The Central Conference of American Rabbis, which represents nearly two thousand Reform rabbis in the US, said th... Read more

The Rising Tide bike riders took over the streets of North Portland Sunday, June 14th,  shouting “Twelve Lanes? That’s Insane”.Their slogan refers to a proposal to construct a new I-5 bridge known as the ‘columbia river crossing’ between Portland and Vancouver. Protester... Read more

In today’s Portland City Council meeting, the council agreed to give twenty five thousand dollars to the Albina Ministerial Alliance to help support one hundred fifty survivors of Hurricane Katrina who relocated to Portland in 2005. The Council also approved nearly two h... Read more

As the United Nations Convention on Climate Change holds its annual meeting in Bonn, Germany this week, a coalition of environmental groups have called for comprehensive climate reduction goals. Read more

A Clackamas County grand jury has cleared two police officers involved in the killing of a mentally-ill man in Milwaukie last week. Read more

The Oregon House has approved a plan to expand state health coverage to an additional 80,000 uninsured children and 35,000 low-income adults.      The measure calls for raising taxes on hospital revenues and establishing a tax on health insurance premiums to pay for the ex... Read more

Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer held a town hall meeting on health care, at Portland Community College on JUne 5th. Read more

Thousands of front-line workers from all over the state are taking to the streets in Portland Sunday for the “United for Oregon” march and rally. Their message is that it’s unacceptable for Oregonians that can least afford it to bear the brunt of the effort to balance th... Read more