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  Hundreds of teachers in Washington State’s third largest school district picketed in front of the city’s major high schools today, hours after they voted to walk out of classrooms in Tacoma. Teachers picketed at the city’s five major high schools all day today. Issues ... Read more

  Over a thousand activists met in Philadelphia this week for the Shale Gas Outrage rally, to protest hydraulic fracturing. The controversial process, more commonly known as fracking, involves pumping toxic chemicals, water and sand deep underground to extract natural ga... Read more

A memorial was held in the eastern Mediterranean Sea today to honor the victims of the Israeli attack on a US naval ship in 1967. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg has more on the story. Read more

    Evening Headlines Port of Longview Workers Blockade Hydraulic Fracking Demonstration USS Liberty Memorial Held Brent Foster Law Bar Ban This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Zoe Carpent... Read more

  Union workers took over the Port of Longview Washington this morning to challenge the hiring of non-union workers by a grain export company. The workers say the hiring of scabs violates the agreement between the union and the management of the port. The standoff began ... Read more

  The Oregon State Bar has issued a month-long suspension to environmental attorney Brent Foster, formerly an aide to Oregon Attorney General John Kroger. Foster resigned as Kroger’s aide this spring over his involvement with a pollution case against Hood River Juice. At... Read more

Normal 0 Today the Portland City Council heard testimony regarding changes in liquor license requirements in the city.  The new requirements expand the authority of the city to enforce violations of so-called ‘nuisance activities’ in and around establishments serving ... Read more

The California Department of Education today issued guidelines on a new law requiring schools to adopt more inclusive history and social studies curricula.  The law, known as the FAIR Education Act, will integrate age-appropriate information about the history of the gay ... Read more

Today's Headlines: California Department of Education Issued Guidelines on FAIR Education Act Portland City Council Heard Testimony Regarding Changes in Liquor License Requirements Normal 0 This is volunteer powered and produced radio.  Please click below ... Read more

California’s Supreme Court this morning heard arguments over a question that could ultimately determine whether same sex marriage becomes legal in California. Proposition Eight, which bans gay marriage in California, was passed by the voters in 2008. Top officials in Cal... Read more