Evening News

A public hearing on the proposed Tesoro Savage oil terminal in Vancouver along the Columbia River is scheduled for tomorrow in Ridgefield, Washington. The project, if completed, would ship about three hundred sixty thousand barrels of oil per day, almost half as much crude... Read more

Immigrant rights groups, along with labor, faith, families and members of Congress, held a news conference in front of the White House. They demanded that the Obama administration immediately put an end to the immigration raids that have stepped up significantly over the p... Read more

The Supreme Court heard a case today that could have wide ranging implications for union members across the country. Several conservative judges on the court have made statements indicating they would rule against the unions, but although arguments were heard today, a de... Read more

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Arguments for the case Friedrichs versus California Teachers Association are set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this Monday. The case is another in a series of legal challenges throughout the country targeting public-sector unions in recent years. The issue surround... Read more

Islamophobia and its impact on the Pacific Northwest brought a full house to The City Club of Portland today. Speakers from the Islamic community included activists, academics and students all speaking on their experiences dealing with discrimination in Portland. The pan... Read more

Students at Portland State University say they’re being threatened with expulsion by administrators over their protests against implementation of the university’s new armed campus police squad.   KBOO’s Jamie Partridge spoke with Alyssa Pagan, a member of the PSU student ... Read more

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Two anti-regulatory bills were approved in House yesterday and today along strongly bipartisan lines. The HB 1155, known as the SCRUB Act, and HB 712, known as the Sunshine for Deregulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, were approved by the Republican majority en-route to... Read more

Two anti-regulatory bills were approved in House yesterday and today along strongly bipartisan lines. The HB 1155, known as the SCRUB Act, and HB 712, known as the Sunshine for Deregulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, were approved by the Republican majority en-route to... Read more