Evening News

A recent Supreme Court Decision extending the rights of corporations has some local grassroot activists concerned and outraged. Long-time Backbone Campaign organizer David Cobb is touring the Pacific Northwest to challenge he calls a flawed court decision that has lega... Read more

Portland city Commissioner Dan Saltzman met with several African American recruits for the Portland Police Bureau today. Last week Saltzman said that several potential officers turned-down jobs with the Portland Police Bureau in response to the January twenty-ninth shoo... Read more

The Portland City council voted unanimously this morning to challenge a recent ruling by the F-C-C regarding cell phone tower construction. The ruling imposes a mandatory “shot clock” that shortens the time available for the city council to process permit applications f... Read more

  Portland’s immigrant rights coalition held a protest yesterday to challenge recent incidents of wage theft. KBOO’s John Walsh was there, and filed this report: Read more

Federal Judge James Redden has given the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration until today to remand the updates it has made to its northwest Salmon management plan. The judge says he is not convinced that the changes are suggicient or legal, and wants to see ... Read more

 A lively rally of several dozen protesters came together yesterday in front of the office of Oregon Senator Ron Wyden. Members of local unions, an unemployed workers organizing committee and the JOBS with JUSTICE coalition urged Wyden to abandon his support of free trad... Read more

A number of states across the country are proposing ballot measures concerning marijuana and its legalization this November. Oregon is considering taxing the sale of Cannabis at licensed retailers. Ben Allen recently spoke to a few people about the initiatives campaign. Read more

The Portland Police Bureau is under tight scrutiny following the shooting of Aaron Campbell, an unarmed African American, on January twenty-ninth.Campbell was shot in the back by Officer Ron Frashour with an assault rifle, and a Multnomah County Grand Jury found no crimi... Read more

   PGE asks Utilities Commission for rate hike Portland General Electric (PGE) is asking the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to approve a rate increase of seven point four percent that would begin in January 2011. If approved, the increase would add over Six Dollars ... Read more

On Thursday, Feb. 18, the African American Alliance held a special session to discuss the next steps surrounding the fatal shooting of unarmed African American Aaron Campbell on January 29th.    Commissioner Dan Saltzman, Scott Westerman of the Portland Police Associatio... Read more