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  The Committee to Protect Journalists released its annual report today, documenting attacks on journalists by governments worldwide. 2011 saw a fifteen-year high of journalists imprisoned for their reporting, more than half of whom were online journalists.   KBOO’s Jenk... Read more

      Evening Headlines Overseas Call Center Raise Questions Journalists Arrested at 15 Year High This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click the link below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Crystal Leighty, Sarina Fong, Laura Kussman, and Nat P... Read more

Normal 0 A Multnomah county jury has awarded two canadian farmers almost forty million dollars after their crops were destroyed by a cheap fertilizer. The fertilizer, called multicote plus, was developed by companies sun-gro horticulture and woodburn agriculture  as a lo... Read more

Normal 0 The New Jersey Assembly passed a gay marriage bill today, making the Garden State the Eighth in America to grant marriage equality to same sex couples. If Governor Chris Christie vetoes the measure within the next 45 days, advocates will have almost two years to... Read more

Normal 0 Oregon ranchers scored a victory today as the House passed a bill that will allow state officials to kill wolves seen as a threat to livestock. House Bill 4158 effectively declares a “state of emergency” in order to exempt the state’s 29 gray wolves from Oregon’... Read more

This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click on the button below to enjoy the newscast! PM News & Public Affairs Director: Jenka Soderberg Read more

Normal 0 Jamal Tarhuni, an Oregon resident prevented from returning to the United States after visiting Libya, finally came home yesterday. The Tigard Businessman and Libyan had been visiting the Post-Qaddafi nation to deliver humanitarian supplies with Medical Teams ... Read more

New Seasons employee Ryan Gaughan is protesting his firing with a co-worker rally today at 5 PM. Gaughan and several co-workers claim he was unfairly terminated last week and is seeking to be reinstaded to hisa old job. KBOO's Sarina Fong has more with the story. Read more

Normal 0 Who is ALEC and how do they purchase our democracy? Normal 0 The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is the venue through which global corporations and state politicians rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" ... Read more

Normal 0 Occupy Portland has claimed a victory in a campaign to move the city’s money to local banks. Mayor Sam Adams has posted a draft proposal to steer a quarter million dollars of city money to 10 local credit unions or community banks. Web responses have been ove... Read more