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Normal 0 Portland may soon follow Los Angeles, and become the next major American city to stand against corporate personhood. KBOO’s Zeke Harrington has more.    Read more

The once booming solar panel industry has hit some difficult times. According to a report from Common Dreams, supply has exceeded demand, which has resulted in factory closures and a loss of jobs. Four years ago, with surging energy prices and a looming recession, hundreds ... Read more

Normal 0 A new report shows that Oregon is part of a national trend toward the declining use of death sentences and executions. The end-of-year report is from the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, DC. In collaboration with Oregon news service, KBOO’s D... Read more

KBOO is Volunteer-Powered, Non-Commercial, Listener-Sponsored, Full-Strength Community Radio for Portland, Oregon, Cascadia & the World! Visit the following site to learn more about how you can support KBOO! kboo.fm/membership Read more

    Evening Headlines Oregon Minimum Wage Increase Multnomah County Library Funding This is volunteer powered and produced radio! Please click below to enjoy the newscast. Contributors: Joe Lino, Noah Fehlberg, and Calvin Littlefield Engineer: Danielle Parks PM Ne... Read more

  Multnomah County Library has the second largest circulation in the entire country. But without permanent funding it continually faces the prospect of budget cuts, threatening services and staff positions. In November of 2010 over seventy percent of Multnomah County voters... Read more

  Hourly workers in Oregon will receive a little bit of a new year’s bonus, as the minimum wage increases to eight dollars and eighty cents an hour starting January 1. Since 2002, the state of Oregon has been required to revisit the minimum wage annually and adjust it to ke... Read more

Normal 0 Oregon teachers and School employees apply for small grants to help students in need of a little extra assistance.   In Collaboration with Oregon News Service, KBOO’s Dan Johnson reports: Read more

Normal 0 A Beaverton woman has been extradited to Bosnia under charges of  war crimes dating back to the 1990’s. Normal 0 KBOO’s Dan Johnson has more:   Read more