TriMet is going to vote next Wednesday on whether to increase transfer times
for one-way tickets to 2.5 hours, up from 2 hours, to better accomodate round
trips. This would also clarify their official stance on one-way tickets,
which is that round trips are not encouraged b...
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Portland residents participated in a national day of action today to call
attention to the low wages paid to McDonald's workers. KBOO reporters were at
the rally in downtown Portland.
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In Klamath Falls, Oregon, the fight over water between farmers and native
tribes may have come to a conclusion that will satisfy all parties.
Kristin Yount spoke to Don Gentry, the Commissioner of the Klamath Tribes,
for more.
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Portland is experiencing record low temperatures which will continue for
several days at least, intensifying the need for shelters for people living
on the streets. Sam Bouman spoke with Jaymee Cuti, Public Information Officer
with the Portland Housing Bureau.
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Ross Freeman Levin interviews Seattle Hempfest Executive Director Vivian
McPeak about Washington State's process of legalizing and regulating
marijuana. They also discuss the history of Seattle Hempfest and what the
impact of the world's largest marijuana advocacy event pla...
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Japanese-American World War II Nisei Soldiers of the 100th Infantry
Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence
Service were recently celebrated in Portland, Oregon. This tribute included
bringing together the honored veterans from Oregon and...
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Tom Becker hosts this Veterans Day episode and we hear:
BIll Resnick and Goudarz Eghtedari talk about Iranian politics
Iven Hale shares stories of sexual trauma in the military
Tom Becker shares a piece by George Monbiot about global capital
undermining democracy...
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Frann Michel reports on Portland Public School and Portland Association of
Teachers contract talks. Teachers are not fighting for wages, so much as work
and ultimately learning conditions -- including class size, standardized
testing, and prep-time during the day. She share...
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Syria is undergoing a crisis, a civil war some call it, but Syria is also
having a rape crisis. Jackie Blachman-Forshay is an epidemiologist graduate
student at the School of Public Health at Columbia University. She is the
lead researcher for Women Media Center's Women Und...
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