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Last week, the Washington State Senate approved a bill that is expected to legalize gay marriage in that state.                          KBOO reporter Angela Webber spoke with Geena Frazzini, the Executive Director of gay rights group Basic Rights Oregon about how the de... Read more

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Normal 0 Oregon is a major beneficiary of federal dollars to pick up the pace of forest restoration work on national forestland.Twenty-three projects nationwide, thirteen new and ten already under way, have been approved for funding.The three local projects total more ... Read more

Normal 0 After extensive backlash, the Susan G. Komen For The Cure breast cancer organization has reversed its decision to withdraw grant funds to planned parenthood. KBOO’s Dan Johnson has the story. Read more

Normal 0 National media outlets have jumped on a story out of Seattle claiming that the American Civil Liberties Union is trying to force libraries to allow access to online pornography. But a quick investigation by KBOO reporters found that this is actually not the ca... Read more

Normal 0 Washington State payout for alleged violations in public records laws have increased from six hundred thousand dollars in 2006 to nearly one point seven million dollars last year. While the state attorney general attributes the increased payouts to people gami... Read more

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Normal 0 Newly-released documents show that the Food and Drug Administration targeted whistleblowers for special surveillance and monitoring. KBOO reporter Sue Supriano spoke with Stephen Kohn, the executive director of The National Whistleblowers Center and the attorney... Read more

Normal 0 The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is a non-profit organization that some call a front operation for corporations who use loop holes to turn state legislators into corporate lobbyists. Currently fourteen oregon state legislators are members of A... Read more