Evening News

Portland’s city-supported day labor hiring site opened early today. Supporters say the day labor site is intended to protect workers from employers who have denied wages, not given breaks or otherwis... Read more

  The Car-Free Portland Conference began today with volunteers tearing up asphalt in a section of northeast Portland.  The area will be used for gardening and community space. Steph Rauth is one of ... Read more

As KBOO News reported last week, Trimet has released the results of a study showing increased use of bicycles on Max trains in Portland. But while the Max has made provisions for bicyclists, the Portland streetcar has no place for bikes. Saed Bannoura says he experienced dis... Read more

          Next up is reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund with Kboo’s recurring feature Civil Liberties Watch. This weeks edition focuses on the Supreme Court  June 12th ruling on the rights of Guantanamo... Read more

In Downtown Portland today, a group of Janitors and their supporters held a rally for a new, living wage contract. Nearly two thousand union Janitors who work in the portland metro area are fighting for affordable health care for their families, ... Read more

  The state of Oregon scored quite low, in a new survey of insurance regulators in every state.  The regulators answered fourteen questions about how individual health insurance policyholders are handled and protected. Today, since more people ... Read more

Portland’s long-awaited day labor center is having its grand opening ceremony right now.  The Center will open for business on Monday, and will be open for all day laborers, regardless of their immigration status. Justin Shear represents Voz, the group which will administer t... Read more

This week marks the one year anniversary of the raid of the Del Monte plant in North Portland. The raid, carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, was the largest workplace raid in Portland history. To raise awareness of the effects of the raid and raise mon... Read more

Portland bike evangelist Reverend Phil was tasered by Portland police. According to eyewitnesses, at around 10 o'clock PM, a police officer pulled over bicyclist Diana at Southeast Seventh and Morrison to issue her a citation for not having a bike light. While the officer wa... Read more

Cuba has authorized Sex-Change Operations for Transsexual citizens.  KBOO’s Jacob Anderson-Minshall has more on the story.    The Associated Press reported Monday that Cuba has official authorized gender-reassignment operations and will offer them free to qualifying citizens.... Read more