Elections

The Gap: Questioning WWeek's Election Endorsements and Acknowledging the Win Column

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea spend some time questioning Willamette Week's election endorsements. The criticism of Jo Ann Hardesty seems to boil down to that "she's mean," while the Willy excuses Rene Gonzalez's flouting of campaign finance law as a "stum... Read more

Opponents of Portland Charter Change Measure 26-228 launch attack ad

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Every 10 years, Portland’s City Council sponsors a Charter Commission to review and recommend changes to the City’s constitution. The most recent commission came back with a series of recommendations that overhaul Portland’s form of city government and introduce ranked c... Read more

Yes on M112 to End Slavery

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James is joined by Sandy Chung, executive director of ACLU of Oregon, and Troy Ramsey with Oregonians Against Slavery and Involuntary Servitude (OASIS). Oregon legislators passed Senate Joint Resolution 10 through both chambers with strong bipartisan support to r... Read more

More Talk Radio on 10/17/22

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste speak with lawyer Elizabeth McKanna, from the Yes on Measure 114 campaign. Read more

Street Roots asks Oregon State Legislature candidates where they stand on housing and homelessness

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  In the latest edition of Street Roots, the paper asks four simple questions of the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Oregon State Legislature - House and Senate. They're focused in on the housing crisis, and homelessness, and their written answers provide a gl... Read more

Measure 112 offers Oregon voters a chance to eliminate constitutional exceptions for slavery

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Oregonians will have the opportunity to remove a "slavery loophole" from the Oregon State Constitution at the midterm election ballot this November.  Measure 112 would remove slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime. It's language that's echoed in th... Read more

Portland Commissioner candidates Hardesty and Gonzalez on housing and homelessness

Airs at: Wed, 10/05/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Portland City Commission Position 3 candidates Jo Ann Hardesty and Rene Gonzalez spoke to Street Roots about how they would like to address the affordable housing and homelessness crisis in Portland.  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks to K. Rambo, Editor-in-Chief at Street R... Read more

2022 Oregon governor candidates debate education funding

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Oregon has a remarkable three way governor race on the ballot in November 2022. Current governor Kate Brown is term limited, so the candidates are Democrat Tina Kotek, Independent Betsy Johnson and Republican Christine Drazan. The candidates met in a debate this week, mo... Read more

The Gap: Mingus Mapps' Charter Alternative and things you didn't invent actually

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea cover some recent news, national and local. We discuss Biden's federal marijuana reform, dyeing a waterfall for a gender reveal, and we go deep on Portland midterm election news. City Commissioner Mingus Mapps has revealed his... Read more

The Gap: Portland Charter Change Measure 26-228 and Getting Curious

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea interview Damon Motz-Storey, the Communications Manager for Portland United for Change, which is advocating for the passage of the Portland Charter Change measure, Measure 26-228.  We discuss the process that led to the ballot... Read more