Legislation

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Big Hopes for the Oregon Journalism Protection Act (SB 686)

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The Oregon Journalism Protection Act (SB 686) would create a funding system where social media mega-companies pay local media outlets for the content they use. The hope is that systems like this will slow the downward spiral of local newsrooms. The guests are, in the fir... Read more

Evening News on 06/04/25

Airs at: Wed, 06/04/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of KBOO's Evening News: About 20 percent of people currently enrolled in Medicaid could lose it if Trump's Reconciliation bill is passed by the Senate OPB and Lewis and Clark University are partnering to help journalists use the Oregon Public Records l... Read more

Evening News on 06/02/25

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of KBOO's Evening News: Conservation groups gather together to defend the Pacific Northwest's Spotted Owl from the Timber industry The Mayor of Umatilla is suing the city that elected him And in National news, the Trump Administration's "Big Beautiful B... Read more

Evening News on 05/30/25

Airs at: Fri, 05/30/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Descendants of the Black Portlanders who were displaced from Central Albina reach a settlement with Portland New toxic river algae behaves differently than previous blooms And, Oregon’s bill to ban book bans moves forward Read more

Evening News on 05/29/25

Airs at: Thu, 05/29/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: An early, but big victory for Oregon’s attorney general, fighting president trump’s tariffs.  a federal court rules many of the tariffs are against the laws of the land. Multnomah county residents speak out trying to save prog... Read more

Evening News on 05/23/25

Airs at: Fri, 05/23/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Portland's City Council approves a 8.5 billion dollar budget Then, Governor Tina Kotek discussing ways to ban phones in schools Finally, Harvard sues the Trump Administration over federal bans on admitting foreign students to s... Read more

News In Depth on 05/21/25

Airs at: Wed, 05/21/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth: KBOO Radio's Althea Billings talks with Street Roots Karina Brown about city emergency services, and what steps are being taken to improve them Then, The city council budget testimony listens to several Portlanders concerns about... Read more

Tony (naschio) Johnson and Rachel Cushman of the Chinook Indian Nation

Airs at: Thu, 04/03/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guests are Tony Johnson and Rachel Cushman of the Chinook Indian Nation. They’ve had big victories in the past few months but they're still agitating to regain the federal recognition that was revoked by former President George W Bush. Read more

PSJ Legislative Priorities

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight, Deputy Director, Partnership for Safety & Justice  and Cleo Tung, Program officer, NW Health Foundation about legislative priorities and PSJ’s Advocacy Day on April 16th in Salem, Oregon: SB 477-Justice Reinvestment Equity Pro... Read more

Will Falk on the Tragedy of Thacker Pass

Airs at: Thu, 03/27/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guest is Will Falk of Protect Thacker Pass. Their campaign ended in a loss last year, construction of the open pit lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon border is underway, and he is one of the protestors being sued by the mining company. Read more