Evening News

The Senate has passed A bill that allows the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco, including new dissolvable tobacco products packaged to look like mints or candy. It’s being called the strongest anti-tobacco measure since the U-S Surgeon General said smoking ca... Read more

While President Obama called for sweeping new regulations on the financial sector today, he continues to move forward with free trade agreements begun under the Bush administration. One of the trade agreements currently in process being considered by the US Congress is the ... Read more

The recent arrest of a Portland police officer for making hundreds of harassing phone calls to women has raised some disturbing question about police conduct in the city. Dan Handelman, with Portland Copwatch, believes that many abuses by police continue to go unaddressed: ... Read more

The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that a Palestinian home which has already been demolished by the Israeli authorities four times can be demolished yet again. Since 1967, the Israeli authorities have demolished more than 24,000 Palestinian homes in the Occupied Palestinia... Read more

The Oregon state Senate recently passed a bill requiring burial facilities and death care consultants to be licensed by the state mortuary and cemetery board. While this may appear at first to be an uncontroversial regulatory measure, local ‘green burial’ groups say the new... Read more

Two weeks ago, the Peruvian military attacked a group of non-violent indigenous activists in the Andean mountains. The attack left over fifty dead, including several police officers, and brought international attention to the plight of the indigenous Peruvians. KBOO’s Jenka ... Read more

The Oregon state senate passed a bill today calling for an investigation of racism in the state’s foster care system. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson—Oregon Senate Majority Leader and co-sponsor of the bill. The Foster care study bill will n... Read more

Last Week, CodePink Women for Peace attempted to bring essential goods into Gaza but were stopped from entering by the Israeli guards. KBOO’s Crystal Leighty spoke with one of the participants, Lana, about the situation. Read more

Normal 0 The world's largest organization of Jewish clergy has come out in support of Barack Obama’s call for a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion. The Central Conference of American Rabbis, which represents nearly two thousand Reform rabbis in the US, said that... Read more

The Rising Tide bike riders took over the streets of North Portland Sunday, June 14th,  shouting “Twelve Lanes? That’s Insane”.Their slogan refers to a proposal to construct a new I-5 bridge known as the ‘columbia river crossing’ between Portland and Vancouver. Protesters a... Read more