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Normal 0 As the US Congress prepares to vote on a defense budget next week, Republican lawmakers have been very vocal in opposing what they say are cuts to the military. But the so-called cuts are actually an increase over last year’s budget, and so are not actually budge... Read more

Normal 0 The Portland City Council today approved a measure that may allow the city of Portland to maintain its open water reservoirs for another twenty five years. The measure follows the lead of the city of New York, which, like Portland, has a pristine water source and ... Read more

Normal 0 The Oregon legislature convened today for a one-month special session to address the state’s three hundred million dollar budget deficit. Occupy Wall Street activists from around the state marked the occasion by gathering at the State Capitol in Salem for a day of... Read more

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Normal 0 Right 2 Dream Too, the homeless rest shelter assembled near Chinatown during the early days of Occupy Portland, is beginning to face legal troubles.           The shelter refused to pay a fine due today and organized a rally outside city hall. KBOO’s Zeke Harr... Read more

Normal 0 The effort to unionize the University of Oregon’s faculty is gaining momentum. Proponents have begun passing out cards for supporters to sign as they seek endorsements from faculty members not yet involved in the push for unionization.  The faculty need to colle... Read more

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Normal 0 The city of Portland Bureaus submitted their requested budgets for the next fiscal year to City Council. These budget proposals to reflect deep cuts to services that will cause up 80 layoffs in the bureau of transportation and the Parks Department. In r... Read more

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  During a GOP presidential debate, former senator Rick Santorum spoke on escalating violence in Honduras, calling the U.S.’s actions in supporting the current regime, ‘abysmal’ .   Alex Main, senior associate for international policy with the Center For Economic and pol... Read more