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Healthcare forum

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer held a town hall meeting on health care, at Portland Community College on JUne 5th. Read more

Oregon to expand state health coverage

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
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 expa... Read more

Single Payer Health Care--How would that look? Nuclear War Scenario with N. Korea? Billions in US Bonds Seized--Why?

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Presswatch
This morning on Presswatch, what would single-payer health care really look like?  Nuclear war scenario with North Korea?  And did the Japanese government just try to smuggle $134 billion in US bonds to beat the collapse? Read more

Presswatch on 06/11/09

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2009 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Presswatch
This morning on PressWatch, what would single-payer health care really look like? And did the Japanese government just try to smuggle $134 billion in US bonds to beat the collapse?  CD-1392   Read more

Mayor Sam Adams and Portland's new Climate Action Plan

Airs at: Tue, 06/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
While Portland may be ahead of the curve in taking on the challenge of climate change, there's still a lot of work to be done. Portland was one of the first American cities to take climate change seriously. In 2007, Portland was the only large metro area in the U.S. that ... Read more

Tis the reason for the season for PRIDE!

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tonight's Out Loud highlights our community's pride from a few different angles. We'll go over a long list of area pride events, discuss a queer health survey seeking your input, enjoy some live music and more. Tonight, we first speak with Alejandro Juarez, from Basic Right... Read more

Bad, NYT, Bad... Health Care... and LNG in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 5:00pm
 Hosts Abe Proctor and Joe Uris look at a handful of issues on the national radar, including another case of journalistic malpractice from the New York Times, the twists and turns of the health care battle on Capitol Hill, and the tale of lawmakers on the take in Oregon's l... Read more

Healthcare; Access and Reform

Airs at: Sun, 06/07/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod host a discussion of equal access to health care and reform of the healthcare system with local people fighting for health equity and health equity legislation including representatives of APANO, NARA, the Urban League and the Multnomah Count... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 06/03/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/03/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
The 9th annual Village Building Convergence starts in Portland on June 5. Coming together under the them "Powered by the People," Portlanders will work on projects ranging from water catchment systems and intersection painting to native plant gardening and cob benches. But ... Read more

LNG, Dr. Tiller, Sonia Sotomayor, and more!!!

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2009 at 5:00pm
 Joe Uris is alone today, and covers several topics of interest.  First up, Joe talked about the proposed (and potentially devastating) natural gas pipeline thru our farms and wilderness.  He also covered the recent murder of Dr. Tiller, a Women's Health Professional.  He t... Read more