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Normal 0 People who provide in-home care for Oregonians with mental and developmental disabilities will now have the clout of a labor union behind them as they negotiate their fees and services with the state. In collaboration with Oregon News Service, KBOO's Dan Johns... Read more

Oregon Union Gets Membership Boost   This is a volunteer powered and produced radio. Please click below to enjoy the broadcast.   Produced by Joshua Harper and Brenda Escobar Engineered by Eric Thompson Special Thanks to Reporters Dan Johnson and David Rosenfeld Original sc... Read more

Normal 0  In Yemen today, rockets fired into the Presidential palace reportedly wounded President, Ali Abdullah Saleh.    The Prime Minister and other officials were also injured and several guards killed.    Fighting is escalating in the Yemeni capital between security... Read more

Normal 0 Last week the Portland Police received the annual Diversity Champion Award from the City Council. In light of the six fatality shootings by Portland Police during 2010, questions arose about the appropriateness of the award. KBOO’s Ross Freeman Levin spoke with... Read more

Normal 0 Close to 200 people gathered Thursday night to voice their opinions about a proposed 22.1 percent average annual rate increase in Regence BlueCross BlueShield individual health plans in Oregon. KBOO’s David Rosenfeld filed this report.  Read more

Normal 0 Yesterday, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved a proclamation declaring June 15, 2011, as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.  The measure was sponsored by Commissioners Judy Shiprack and Loretta Smith and is intended to promote awareness of this ... Read more

KBOO Evening News for June 3, 2011. Read more

Normal 0 Protests have re-ignited in Wisconsin in reponse to Governor Scott Walker’s proposed state budget. Thousands are expected to stream into Wisconsin’s capital in the next few days, camping in tent cities they call “Walkervilles”. KBOO’s Miles Bryan spoke to Adam ... Read more

Normal 0 Yesterday, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved a proclamation declaring June 15, 2011, as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.  The measure was sponsored by Commissioners Judy Shiprack and Loretta Smith and is intended to promote awareness of this ... Read more

A Senate bill which would ban the chemical Bisphenol A from baby products in Oregon failed to receive enough signatures to bring the measure to a floor vote in the House. The petition for the vote, which is largely supported by House Democrats, received no Republican sig... Read more