Evening News

The Portland ‘Women in Black’ held their weekly vigil at noon today in front of the Federal Building in downtown Portland. Members of the group dress in black as a symbol of mourning for those who have died due to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. Read more

The current issue of Street Roots shines a light on a piece of Portland history that’s been hiding in plain view, just south of the Burnside Bridge. Read more

President Obama announced last night that he plans to make immigration reform a top priority during his first year in office. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with local immigrant rights activist Francisco Lopez about what this pledge could mean for Oregon’s immigrant community: Read more

Oregonians may soon see their Electricity Bills rising, and it won’t just be because the cost of producing electricity is going up.  Oregon’s two biggest electricity producers are safeguarding their profits by trying to raise electric bills.  Pacific Power’s parent company... Read more

Close to 400 people descended on the state capitol in Salem on Wednesday to lobby their legislators and demonstrate on the capitol steps for healthcare reform. They want lawmakers to pass a series of bills that would pave the way for universal coverage in Oregon within f... Read more

The Obama Department of Justice has put forth a claim of “Sovereign Immunity” in a motion to dismiss in the domestic spying case of Jewell v. NSA. The lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the National Security Agency for spying on tens of thousands of... Read more

Defense secretary Robert Gates is calling for a rapid increase in spending on attack drone planes for use in Iraq, Afghanistan and Eastern Pakistan. This plan has raised the ire of many in the peace community due to the drone’s inconsistent results and bad record of civili... Read more

A number of local anti-war veteran groups have called on the Portland City Council to declare the city a ‘sanctuary’ for war resisters. The group is currently collecting signatures for a petition to submit to the City Council, which has not yet taken any action on the ‘San... Read more

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The U.S. House of Representatives passes the “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” on Thursday, bringing Congress a step closer to federal Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco products.  This week, a federal tobacco tax hike of 62-cents per pack... Read more