Government/Politics

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Position 4 challenger Keith Wilson offers creative solutions for transportation problems in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 04/14/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  While in-person campaigning for local office is temporarily suspended, the race is still very much on. One challenger for Portland City Commission Position 4 is Keith Wilson. Wilson is a second generation Portlander and businessman with expertise in transportation, runni... Read more

Ripples in all directions: Basic Rights Oregon, hope as a practice, Youth HIV Awareness Day

Airs at: Tue, 04/14/2020 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
‘People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a ri... Read more

John Lively Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
John Lively is a democrat running for Oregon House District 15.  He talked with Don Merrill about how he has survived as a moderate in an atmosphere of rank partisanism, why he believes strongly in the healing power of holistic medicine and how he has special empathy for th... Read more

Oregon Independent Party adopts new voting method: Score Then Automatic Runoff

Airs at: Fri, 04/10/2020 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    A new method of voting is being used by the Independent Party of Oregon in their 2020 Primary Election. STAR voting, which stands for Score Then Automatic Runoff, was first proposed by Mark Frohnmayer, who is also the founder of the Equal Vote Coalition. KBOO's Yas... Read more

Alex Spenser Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Alex Spenser is a democrat running for US House of Representatives District 2.  She talked with Don Merrill about how her former boss motivated her to take her place in the congressional race, how the rural - urban divide is a myth and why she believes the key to leadership... Read more

Miriam Cummins Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Miriam Cummins is a democrat who is running for Oregon House District seat 15.  She talked with Don Merrill about why the issue of DACA is still important even though it's not being talked about a lot right now, why she thinks the voters of her district might be ready for a... Read more

Calla Felicity Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Calla Felicity is a running for Oregon's 1st House District seat.  She talked with Don Merrill about how shoveling sulphur opened her eyes to the plight of women in blue collar work, how she has reshaped the anger she felt in her teenage years into the steadfast determiniat... Read more

Presswatch on 04/09/20

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
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Policy Making in a Pandemic

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Now that everyone on the planet is facing the all-consuming threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to seriously face not only the need to innovate our medical and social systems, but also how we make policy. If we can figure out how to swiftly limit the deadly virus’s spr... Read more

Washington County Commissioner District 3 Candidate Debate

Airs at: Wed, 04/08/2020 at 9:00am - 9:30am
This week we begin the first of four virtual debates with candidates in the Washington County Primary Election on May 19. First up, we feature the race between incumbent Roy Rogers and challenger Ben Marcotte, the two candidates running for Washington County Commissioner Di... Read more