Legislation

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Portland Mural Reform

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  After 11 years of restricting murals, Portland is considering lifting the restriction to encourage mural artists.   KBOO's Peter Shoaf Reports   Read more

Kulongoski - May 15, 2009

Airs at: Thu, 05/14/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
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Law Professor Ben Davis on holding the Bush Administration accountable for their actions

Airs at: Tue, 05/12/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 Hosted by Barbara Bernstein The Bush Administration is now history but their criminal acts live on. How do we as a nation hold these characters accountable for the many apparent crimes they committed during the past 8 years. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with Be... Read more

TARP Oversight Bill passes Oregon state House of Representatives

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon state House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring greater oversight of so-called TARP funding in Oregon. The US Congress passed the TARP, or Troubled Asset Relief Program, in the last days of the Bush administration, providing over seven hundred billion ... Read more

Rooney Bill passes through the Oregon House

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Rooney Bill, passed Friday by the Oregon House and now moving along in the Senate, will require universities in the state to use affirmative action laws when hiring new sports coaches. Previously, schools were allowed to violate state affirmative action laws in order to... Read more

Sit-Lie Ordincance extended

Airs at: Tue, 05/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland’s City Council voted today to extend the so-called sit-lie ordinance.  This measure makes it illegal to sit or lie down on a public sidewalk in downtown Portland. It was set to expire in June, but the City Council has extended the ordinance until October. Homeless ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 05/06/09

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Last week, President Obama reached his first 100 days in office, triggering a media flurry of speculation about how well he's doing. Communities of color - already hurting before the lastest round of troubles - have been measuring up the new president as well. Is President ... Read more

Rethinking Ballot Measure 11

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
As Oregon's economy continues to decline, lawmakers are faced with a growing budget gap and spiraling prisons costs driven by state mandatory sentencing laws. Some in the legislature say its time to revise state sentencing programs and find more efficient ways to handle con... Read more

Ramona Africa: What the Corporate Media Didn’t Tell You about May 13, 1985!

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
What the Corporate Media Didn’t Tell You about May 13, 1985!   The sole adult survivor of the May 13, 1985 massacre of 11 members of the MOVE organization is Ramona Africa. The the City of Philadelphia and the FBI and  dropped a C4 bomb on MOVE’s 6221 Osage Avenue home in W... Read more

Mumia Abu-Jamal on His Birthday

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a renowned journalist from Philadelphia who has been inprisoned since 1981.   Mumia  has been on death row since 1983 tried and convicted for allegedly shooting Daniel Faulkner a Philadelphia police officer.  Because of his his award - winning reporting ... Read more