Evening News

  Normal 0 The Department of Energy took public commentary on the suitability of using Hanford as a dump for additional medical and industrial radioactive waste. Read more

Normal 0 teachers and students are protesting cuts to public education Normal 0 Teachers have rallied this month in Missouri, Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and California, where last week more than a dozen teachers including the head of California's teacher... Read more

Normal 0 President Obama met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House today. While the meeting was long scheduled, it comes after yesterday’s remarks by Obama during his speech on the Middle East that Netanyahu denounced. Free Speech Radio News... Read more

Normal 0 The Tennessee House of Representative voted by fifty-nine to thirty-nine yesterday, to restrict the collective bargaining powers of teachers unions.  A bill passed by the senate earlier this month would prohibit teacher unions from negotiating at all.    It’s t... Read more

Normal 0 Thousands of people came to Salem for a budget rally at the Capitol called, “Rally For a Better Way”. The focus was on pursuing an alternative, or “better” way of balancing the state budget, instead of relying soley on budget cuts. Karen Miller, an organizer fo... Read more

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KBOO's Joe Meyer reports on the water rate hearing at city hall.  The water bureau is asking for a 13% increase as part of a plan to raise rates 85% over then next five years.  This evening news piece includes voices from the street, expert legal opinion from a veteran o... Read more

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Normal 0  KBOO’s Sarina Fong spoke with Sara Williams, a math instructor and the president of the college’s Faculty Association. Last night the board presented a new offer to the faculty, in an attempt to divert a strike.   Read more

Normal 0 Normal 0 The Mt Hood Community college board and Faculty Association have been locked in an ongoing labor dispute since last August.  Next week the full-time faculty may strike, if negotiations continue to falter. Yesterday KBOO's Jamie Partridge spoke wit... Read more