Evening News

Like other states across the country, Oregon is struggling with the question of how to fund higher education in a time of massive budget cuts.  Portland State University, PSU, has already increased class sizes, and made cuts to disabled student programs and teacher pay. ... Read more

Beaverton resident Philip Fabre calls himself an ‘open source human’. He says that after being unjustly fired from a truck driving job, he has been driven to depression and paranoia.  Fabre now claims that he is guilty of treason because he no longer trusts his government. Read more

The mayor of Silverton, Stu Rasmussen (rassm-YOU-son), has launched an initiative to increase accountability for state legislators.He calls the campaign the “Open Oregon Legislature”, and is currently gathering signatures to get the initiative on the ballot.Rasmussen spo... Read more

Israeli authorities have admitted that Israeli government pathologists illegally harvested organs from both Palestinians and Israelis, without the permission of their families. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg brings us this story. Read more

Mayor Sam Adams and the City Council proclaimed yesterday to be Margaret Carter Day in Portland. The proclamation happened at an evening ceremony to celebrate Carter, who was the first African American woman elected to the Oregon State Assembly. She represented North... Read more

A settlement has been reached between Portland General Electric and customers who were overcharged in connection with the Trojan nuclear power plant. After the plant was decommissioned in 1993, customers continued to be charged by PGE for the company’s profits on the pl... Read more

          Citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington and the national security archive reached a final settlement of their lawsuit challenging the failure of the bush white house and the national archives and records administration to take action to provide mil... Read more

With temperatures on the rise again after last week’s cold spell, warming shelters that were opened for the homeless in Portland have been closed. But the winter is far from over, and advocates for the homeless warn that if nothing is done, people are sure to die on the... Read more

Dr. Don Thieman, a former medical director at Regence Bluecross Blueshield of Oregon says people have nothing to fear in the current push to reform healthcare. By and large those in government have our interests at heart much more than people in the insurance industry, h... Read more

Normal 0 This weekend brings a new television adaptation of Howard Zinn's revolutionary book, A People’s History of the United States.The show is called “The People Speak,” and it features dramatic readings of the letters, diaries and speeches of ordinary Americans... Read more