Government/Politics

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Zenith Gets Its Hearing

Airs at: Mon, 05/26/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
On May 12, The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality held a public hearing, where over 300 people testified against DEQ approving Zenith Energy’s draft Air Contaminant Discharge Permit. This is the last permit Zenith needs to expand its dangerous fuel facility in No... Read more

BLM History

Produced for Radiozine
First, Elizaha talks about Martin Luther King JR and his life's work. We discuss the impact of MLK's death on America.  Next, Gabby talks about the celebration of Black History Month. Gabby emphasizes the need to come together and lift each other up rather than bring ea... Read more

Evening News on 05/19/25

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: The Oregon May special election will close tomorrow, Tuesday May 20th City Councilors are attempting to soften the 93 million dollar Portland budget shortfall. And tolls on the new I-5 bridge will start later than expected. Read more

Evening News on 05/16/25

Airs at: Fri, 05/16/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: The Wisconsin judge charged with interfering with an ICE arrest pleads not guilty, Portland’s music community pushes back against the PCC’s plans to end the Music and Sonic Arts Program, And, the Southeastern Oregon paper the... Read more

Evening News on 05/14/25

Airs at: Wed, 05/14/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
  On this episode of the KBOO Evening News:   A federal judge rules the ICE arrest of a Venezuelan man in Oregon was illegal.   Oregon lawmakers grapple with a budget shortfall.   And, the trade war hits sustainable businesses in Oregon. Read more

Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System

Airs at: Wed, 05/14/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System. Recently at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the Fourth Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement held publ... Read more

The Hype About Hydrogen

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
News reports claim that emerging technologies that will solve the climate crisis, such as hydrogen, are just around the corner. But in reality these technologies are risky, costly and don’t really work all that well. Hydrogen in particular would actually speed up climate... Read more

Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System. Recently at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the Fourth Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 12, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Copaganda: News media, public officials, and the police themselves keep telling us that public safety requires ever more policing, despite all evidence to the contrary. In Co... Read more

Bad Air

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
According to the 2025 Annual Report of the American Lung Association, fifty-five years after the passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, nearly half of US residents breathe unhealthy air. One significant contribution to this problem is the inadequacy of the regulatory app... Read more