Evening News

Normal 0 President Obama asked the Environmental Protection Agency to cease consideration of new laws for smog standards.   In a statement, Obama announced that he had asked the EPA’s administrator Lisa Jackson to withdraw the draft of the Ozone National Ambient Air Q... Read more

Normal 0 Two Oregon nonprofit groups have combined their efforts to launch a campaign intended to bridge the gap between Oregon’s Latino and Queer communities.  The campaign, titled “Our Families,” hopes to spark conversations in Oregon’s Latino community regarding iss... Read more

Headlines for tonight's newscast Normal 0 A police officer in Elgin, Oregon involved last month’s shooting death is cleared of any wrongdoing.  Citing economic concerns, President Obama stops the EPA from introducing new smog standards.  Newly... Read more

    Evening Headlines Cargill Human Rights Violations U.S. CEO's and Tax Dodging Protest Against Tar Sands This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Joe Lino, Zoe Carpenter, Frances Fagen, and Angel... Read more

  The Rainforest Action Network has recently discovered human rights violations in the Indonesian island of Sumatra that can be linked to the agricultural giant Cargill. Cargill and its affiliates are in the area to extract palm oil, of which the U.S. has increased its l... Read more

  Over eight hundred activists have been arrested outside the White House opposing the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline is planned to go between Alberta Canada and the U-S Gulf Coast to transport tar sands to convert into oil. At least six activists were from Portland.... Read more

  A new report by the Institute for Policy Studies entitled ‘Executive Excess in 2011: The Massive CEO Rewards for Tax dodging” has revealed new details about executive pay. The report found that some of the highest paid corporate CEOs in the US are taking home more mone... Read more

Normal 0 The Department of Justice blocked a proposed merger of telecom giant AT&T with T Mobile today. Deputy Attorney General James Cole said at a press conference that the merger “would result in tens of millions of consumers all across the United States facing high... Read more

Normal 0 Normal 0 Earlier Today, a federal judge decided to allow a lawsuit challenging New York city’s stop-and-frisk policies.  KBOO’s Crystal Leighty talked with attorney Darius Charney with the Center for Constitutional Rights about the case. Read more

Normal 0 Normal 0 Normal 0 The city of Portland will hold a public hearing this evening to discuss the newly created ‘Office of Equity’, and to officially establish the office.  City commissioner Amanda Fritz was on KBOO this morning describing the new depart... Read more