Evening News

The "Take Back the Capitol" campaign this week in Washington has seen thousands of protesters from across the nation disrupt business as usual in Congress. The protests, which are a spin-off of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement, have also targeted the offices of corporat... Read more

  The Republican-led House of Representatives this week approved the so-called ‘Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny’, or REINS Act. Under this act, government safety laws and regulations on an array of industries would require the approval of Congress with... Read more

  Today Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Richard Cordray to become the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Bureau was created Just over a year ago to enforce Federal consumer financial protection laws.   KBOO reporter Joe Lino spoke with... Read more

      Evening Headlines Workers Take Back Capitol House Passes REINS Act GOP Blocks Nomination This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Crystal Leighty, Francis Fagen, Zoe Carpenter, and Joe Lino P... Read more

  Deb and Ron Austin raised their two kids in a modest home in northeast Portland.  Now, after a bankruptcy resulting from unforeseen medical bills, the family is facing foreclosure and a possible eviction in March.   Around a hundred people gathered at the Austin family h... Read more

The Occupy Wall Street movement has announced a national day of action tomorrow to Occupy Foreclosed homes.In northeast Portland tomorrow, activists will join with a family facing foreclosure to stand in solidarity and try to prevent their eviction. The action is support... Read more

Eugene, Portland and Wallowa County are Oregon's entries on a list of more than 150 cities and counties that have pledged to make early literacy an urgent priority for 2012. Research shows that children who don’t read at grade level by third grade are less likely to grad... Read more

Friday, a U.S trade panel ruled that solar imports from China were harming the U.S. domestic solar industry. In response, China’s Ministry of Commerce said it is deeply concerned that the decision shows a strong inclination to trade protectionsism, and was reached withou... Read more

Fifty four Oregonians are on their way to Washington, DC this week to "Take Back the Capitol" for Good Jobs, Not Cuts.  A coalition of groups from We Are Oregon, Oregon Action, Service Employees International Union, and Jobs with Justice have organized the Oregon Delegat... Read more

A recently held meeting in Portland aimed to gather comment on the Hanford site, a nuclear production complex on the Columbia river, and the most contaminated nuclear site in the US. The organization Heart of America Northwest convened the public meeting after a request ... Read more