Evening News

Around a hundred workers and supporters gathered outside Portland’s City Hall at noon today to call for an increase in the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour. One of the speakers at the rally was Nicholas Caleb, who got eighteen percent of the vote in his run agains... Read more

Jackson and josephine Counties in southern Oregon successfully passed ballot initiatives yesterday that will ban genetically modified crops. The measures faced a well-funded opposition campaign that was led by agricultural giant Monsanto. At the time of this broadcast, the... Read more

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A new state law will soon allow correctional officers to transport personal firearms in their cars from home to work in Oregon’s prisons.  House Bill 4035 was born after an officer was killed in 2011 because he stopped to help someone having car trouble.  But the new law w... Read more

A protest over the weekend in Portland challenged a U-S postal service plan to privatize some postal services by opening centers in Staples office stores. Seventy protesters, chanting "the U.S. Mail is not for sale", picketed the Staples office supply store in Cascade St... Read more

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A federal judge threw out Oregon's same-sex marriage ban today, marking the 13th legal victory for gay marriage advocates since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned part of a federal ban. State officials earlier refused to defend Oregon's voter-approved ban and sa... Read more

According to the Portland Tribune, Reed College announced during commencement ceremonies this morning that they are following Stanford’s lead and divesting from fossil fuel companies. According to Reed College spokesman Kevin Meyers, this was a spoof. Given that the commen... Read more

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