Evening News

A new study is painting a bleak picture of American Misdemeanor courts. The study shows that courts across the country are overburdened, and that defendants’ rights to due process are being violated. Locally, though, Multnomah County seems to be bucking the trend with its in... Read more

The biggest energy users in America are not cars and trucks - they're buildings. Buildings use about forty percent of the nation's energy. In 2000, the US Green Building Council introduced a program to certify "green" buildings, called LEED. That stands for Leadership in Ene... Read more

This Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a small Texas municipality that is trying to overturn a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The provision requires certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to ask the federal government ... Read more

Today is the Final Day of the Indigenous People’s Summit on Climate Change in Anchorage, Alaska.             All week, Indigenous People from around the World have been sharing their experiences and debating solutions to climate change. The Summit aims to produce a document ... Read more

Advocates for the homeless in the city of Portland have put out a call for support around this coming Wednesday’s city council vote to extend the sit-lie ordinance for another three months. Read more

Last Night people gathered in the South Park Blocks to protest sexual violence in an annual event called Take Back the Night. It has been held for the last seven years at PSU, and in other places in the U-S since the late seventies.   Read more

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