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Two bills which impose increased penalties on those who take direct action to save trees and endangered species have passed the Oregon House and are on their way to the Senate -- HB 2595 and HB 2596.  Well-read Red Cara Dugas explains what's in them, what's wrong with them, and reads from Will Potter's book Green is the New Red which explores the threat to free speech in calling those who block environmental destruction "terrorists".  

These bills have not passed the Oregon Senate.  To call your state senator, go here to find his/her contact info.

While the Mayor and the City Council make plans for cutting services, other members of the community are planning a budget that would increase the services that make for a civilized city.  Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with two activists involved in the People's Budget Project, Megan Hise and Shamus Cooke.  

The forth installment of this multi-part series detailing a week spent in the psych ward.

Cast: Jason, Kristin, Kirsten & Noah

Writer: Kirsten Liden

Director: Noah Madrano

Produced by Power T Productions

Earlier today, The Oregon state Senate repassed House Bill 2896, which prohibits teenagers under the age of eighteen from using tanning bed facilities without a note from a physician.
The bill was sponsored by senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward.
In Early March, the Oregon House passed the bill.
But later the Senate decided to allow seveteen-year-olds to use commercial tanning beds with parental consent.
The House did not concur with this amendment, and brought the bill back in its original form to the senate this morning, where it passed.
KBOO’s Audrey Davis has more:

The 2013 Village Building Convergence, another crossroads in time, and Succession, the ecosystem’s millichambered hourglass, keeping track of time. Ticking off tracks in time running scalar sand through lacy finders; Pattern reflected on pattern, rain falling on infinite isinglass winter morning

At the Crossroads…Go ask Robert Johnson…10, 15, 20 thousand years ago, our hunting/gathering ancestors at the spot where their paths met, exchanged food, weaponry, seeds, sperm and perhaps,

Words.

KBOO's Jennifer Kemp spoke with a representative from US Pirg who explains the phenomenon of large corporations creating off shore tax havens to avoid paying US taxes. He explains that large corporations have gotten little resistence from Congress for their reluctance to pay taxes because they have such a strong lobbying presence. He also elaborates on what actions US Pirg is taking to protest corporate tax evasion.