Evening News

    Evening Headlines Military Budget Cuts Campaign to Close Guantanamo Bay This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Frances Fagen, Calvin Littlefield, Noah Fehlberg, and Joe Lino Producer: Sarina Fong ... Read more

  In spite of Barack Obama’s efforts to honor his 2008 campaign promise to close Guantanamo, repeated Republican obstructions, culminating in a law forbidding any funding for transfering prisoners to the United States, have kept the base operational. Witness Against Tort... Read more

Today President Obama stated that his new military budget cuts will leave the military trimmer, however, not everyone agrees with him. KBOO reporter Joe Lino spoke with Dr. Beau Grosscup, professor of international relations at California State University in Chico about wh... Read more

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Normal 0 Portland may soon follow Los Angeles, and become the next major American city to stand against corporate personhood. KBOO’s Zeke Harrington has more.    Read more

The once booming solar panel industry has hit some difficult times. According to a report from Common Dreams, supply has exceeded demand, which has resulted in factory closures and a loss of jobs. Four years ago, with surging energy prices and a looming recession, hundre... Read more

Normal 0 A new report shows that Oregon is part of a national trend toward the declining use of death sentences and executions. The end-of-year report is from the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, DC. In collaboration with Oregon news service, KBOO’s... Read more

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    Evening Headlines Oregon Minimum Wage Increase Multnomah County Library Funding This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Joe Lino, Noah Fehlberg, and Calvin Littlefield Engineer: Danielle Parks PM N... Read more

  Multnomah County Library has the second largest circulation in the entire country. But without permanent funding it continually faces the prospect of budget cuts, threatening services and staff positions. In November of 2010 over seventy percent of Multnomah County vot... Read more