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Normal 0 Normal 0 Normal 0 Normal 0 Normal 0 The Portland city Council approved a city-wide food-scrap compost program today.  Composting will begin on October thirty-first throughout the city of Portland.  KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Bruce Wa... Read more

Normal 0 With forty five thousand Verizon workers still on strike across the East coast, union organizers around the country say that the solidarity and passion of the workers has been inspiring to other efforts to empower workers.  Locally, at a recent meeting of Port... Read more

Today's Headlines Striking Verizon Workers Are An Inspiration City-Wide Food Scrap Compost Program Approved Town Hall Meeting To Discuss Central Oregon Economy This is volunteer powered and produced radio.  Please click below to enjoy the broadcast. Read more

  The federal anti-stalking law was recently applied in Renton, Washington by the local police department against an online cartoonist. Police officials were angered by a series of cartoon parodies of the department that were posted on YouTube. They were able to obtain a... Read more

  The U-S Postal Service faces unprecedented budget cuts, as the federal government continues to prioritize tax cuts for the wealthy over government services.An estimated one hundred twenty thousand union postal workers will lose their jobs in the coming year. KBOO labor... Read more

  This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click the link below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Crystal Leighty Producer: Evan Tenenbaum Engineer: Andrew McEwan PM News & Public Affairs Director: Jenka Soderberg Read more

    Evening Headlines Islamic Charity Head Denied Petition Patriot Act to be Reviewed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Accused in Lawsuit This is voluteer powered and produced radio! Please click the link below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Joe Lino and Don Jay... Read more

  With the upcoming tenth anniversary of the September eleventh terrorist attacks, some civil liberties groups around the U-S say the time has come to lift restrictions imposed by the government after the attacks of 2001. One of the laws being reviewed is the Patriot Act, ... Read more

  Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit today in federal court against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The lawsuit is an attempt to end cultivation of genetically engineered crops on twenty-five national wildlife refuges across the So... Read more

Normal 0 The decision this weekend by one of the three major US credit-rating agencies to downgrade US long-term debt has caused major repercussions both in the stock market and on Capitol Hill.  The unprecedented move comes after weeks of tumultuous negotiation about th... Read more