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Election Forum Focused on Marginalized Communities at Sentinel Hotel

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
        The Coalition of Communities of Color held an election forum today at the Sentinel Hotel. KBOO’s Sam Bouman was there and has this report. Read more

Oregon Housing Conference on Supportive Housing

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The Mental Health Association of Portland hosted the Oregon Housing Conference on Supportive Housing in Portland today. ‘Supportive housing’ is housing for people with mental illness or addiction, usually including on-site clinicians and case workers. KBOO’s Joe Meye... Read more

On the Ground with Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in North Carolina

Airs at: Wed, 10/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  RESIDENTS STILL DEALING WITH AFTERMATH OF FLORENCE AS MICHAEL APPROACHES   Even as Hurricane Michael promises to inundate the eastern seaboard, residents in parts of North Carolina continue to struggle with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence last month. KBOO reporter ... Read more

Portland Housing and Realtor Cash

Produced for:  Evening News
               According to the Oregon Secretary of State's database, Oregon Realtors have invested nearly ten million dollars in political candidates and causes over the past decade.                Most expensively, Realtors spent Four point Seven Million to pass Measure ... Read more

The Eastside democratic Clubs Hosts a Panel on Portland's Residential Infill Project

Produced for:  Evening News
An on-site recording of the second half of the Oct. 2nd, 2019 meeting of the Eastside democratic Club.  Voices, in order of appearance are Joe Meyer as moderator; Morgen Tracy from Portland Planning; Julia Metz from the development firm PCRI; Soren Impey from Portland Tena... Read more

Buscando America on 10/02/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/02/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Javier Sierra habla sobre el escándalo sobre abuso sexual en el Tribunal Supremo del País. José Luís Espinoza nos habla del proyecto de Sisters of the Road, un esfuerzo en Down Town Portland para erradicar el abuso y la opresion en todas sus formas.  Read more

Local Folks Podcast Season Two, Episode Four

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2018 at 6:00pm - Wed, 10/31/2018 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Local Folks
Every day there are local folks – invisible to most of us – in my community who are working very hard to help low income people eat and heat their homes. In this episode we join them on a ride along as they pick-up post-dated commodities from a local supermarket, repack don... Read more

The Day to Day Fight to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 09/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The State of Oregon is partnering with school districts and education service districts across the state to reduce chronic student absenteeism. Chronic Absenteeism is different from traditional concepts like truancy or delinquency, and aims to capture all absences from a... Read more

Portland Auditor Blasts Short Term Housing Policy

Produced for:  Evening News
The City of Portland’s Auditor Office presented their report on short term rentals, like Air-Bee-and-Bee, to city council this morning. The report chides the city for not keeping better records and for not enforcing their own regulations. Of the nearly five thousand Air-Be... Read more

Multnomah Neighborhood Appeals Middle Housing Policy

Produced for:  Evening News
  Oregon Law requires that municipalities maintain a comprehensive plan to manage growth. In Portland, this is called the Comprehensive or ‘Comp’ plan, and our most recent version took effect earlier this year. Now the Multnomah Neighborhood association is taking the city... Read more