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Evening News on 06/17/20

Airs at: Wed, 06/17/2020 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
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  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Coronavirus cases in Portland have decreased slightly after record highs; Portland City Council has passed its city budget, a move that includes a small decrease in the police budget; And in national news, President Donald Trum... Read more

Evening News on 06/16/20

Airs at: Tue, 06/16/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon Governor Kate Brown calls a special legislative session to address police accountability in the wake of continuing protests; Oregon reports a record number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases; And, scientists in the U.K. s... Read more

PAALF's 'Defund the PPB' campaign would reinvest police funds into Black, Indigenous and POC communities

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 5:30pm - Mon, 06/22/2020 at 6:00pm
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  "A lot of us in this moment are reassessing our ideas about policing, our understanding of public safety, and being an organization that is rooted in imagination, we truly believe we can imagine an alternative." The Movement for Racial Justice has put the spotlight on ... Read more

Evening News on 06/15/20

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Portland City Council will vote on a new police bureau budget; The Supreme Court rules that LGBTQ+ employees are protected by the Civil Rights Act; And, the Trans Mountain Pipeline in British Columbia has spilled up to 50,000 ... Read more

Evening News on 06/12/20

Airs at: Fri, 06/12/2020 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
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  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: The city of Portland fails to pass its 2020-2021 budget; Oregon Governor Kate Brown freezes reopening processes statewide for at lease one week; And in national news, Louisville has banned no-knock warrants in the wake of the... Read more

Unite Oregon on support for $50 million reduction to Portland Police Budget

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  Thousands of Portlanders are demanding justice be served be defunding the Portland Police Bureau in order to pave a way towards a more peaceful tomorrow.  Standing behind the movement are several community leaders and organizations including Unite Oregon and The Port... Read more

Evening News on 06/11/20

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon reports a record high number of new COVID-19 cases; Workers protest grocery chains, demanding that hazard pay continue during the outbreak; And, Amazon bans law enforcement officers from using their facial recognition ... Read more

Portland Police Citizen Review Committee recruits new members

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
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  Portland's longest-standing citizen police oversight board is the Citizen Review Committee (CRC), which is part of the Auditor's Office's Independent Police Review division (IPR). The CRC is an eleven-member, all-volunteer body that hears appeals of police misconduct ... Read more

Evening News on 06/10/20

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2020 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
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  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon coronavirus numbers are on the rise as the state continues to reopen; Complaints about Portland Police have skyrocketed over the past two weeks; And in international news, President Trump intends to expand U.S. operations ... Read more

PDX Protest Bail Fund offers relief from financial strain of protest arrests

Airs at: Tue, 06/09/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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  Just as protests against police brutality and racial injustice began in Portland, the Portland General Defense Committee established the PDX Protest Bail Fund to cover bail and legal expenses for participants arrested in the demonstrations related to George Floyd's mu... Read more