Evening News

 On May 6th, a center for day laborers will open on Martin Luther King Boulevard in North east Portland.The Center will be funded by the city of Portland. KBOO's Meghan Planchon brings us the story  Read more

At 10:30 Chris Andreae hosts Get This.  Kevin Gorman, head of Friends of the Columbia River Gorge, is her guest.  The topic is, ‘ Las Vegas in the Gorge’?…Follow the money. Read more

The race for Portland's next mayor is starting to heat up - with Sho Dozono losing his public funding, accusations have begun to fly between the candidates.KBOO spoke with candidate Sam Adams on his response to Dozono's decision to stay in the race.That was Commissioner Sam... Read more

  The Sierra Club of Oregon is launching a new campaign this week on the Power to Change. KBOO’s Crystal Leighty has more.   Read more

And now, KBOO's Linda Olson-Osterlund brings us this week's Civil Liberties Watch.  This edition focuses on the issue of government surveillance, the loss of personal privacy, and the Freedom of Information Act - or FOIA: Read more

 We’re now joined by mayoral candidate, Sho Dozono. Dozono says he wants to challenge the status quo and says Adams is a "City Hall insider" who believes he is "entitled to the Mayor's job".   Thank you very much, again we've been speaking with Sho Dozono, one of thirteen ... Read more

 This week marks the 4th annual "Sunshine Week", led by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The focus of the week is to "shed light" on government secrecy, and to call for open government. Patrick Yack is a Florida-based newspaper editor who heads the Freedom of In... Read more

   The City council of New Orleans voted last night to criminalize homelessness -- just two months after deciding to demolish thousands of undamaged, affordable public housing units. Housing activists have called the latest move an outrage that targets the poorest survivo... Read more

 Protesters greeted Mexican President Vicente Fox Wednesday night as he spoke at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert hall in downtown Portland.  KBOO reporters Crystal Elinski and Jason Dowd were there.   Read more

 Inside the Arlene Schnitzer Hall, a large crowd heard Fox oppose the war in Iraq, praise the North American Free Trade Agreement, yet criticize the South Texas border wall. Fox appeared courtesy of the World Affairs Council of Oregon.   Read more