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Portland City Council Digest for December 4, 2024

Airs at: Wed, 12/04/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. Close to a hundred people, including staff and media, were in the temporary Council Chambers at the start of Wednesday morning’s 9:30 meeting. The City Council has been meeting at the city’s Development Services Center near the PSU campus whi... Read more

Annual report on Multnomah County Jails says system is 'in crisis'

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. "The Multnomah County Jail System is in crisis and at risk of jeopardizing health and safety." That's the finding from the 2024 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury report, released by District Attorney Mike Schmidt on December 3rd. Orego... Read more

Countdown to New Portland Government: City leaders ramp up transition efforts before end of the year

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. There are just 27 days until Portland’s new form of government and newly elected leadership are in effect. A lot of work has gone into the transition since 2022, when voters passed the Charter Change measure that put the governmental transfor... Read more

PGE Wants to Clearcut in Forest Park

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland General Electric (PGE) has submitted a proposal to the city of Portland to update and expand their power grid infrastructure. The proposal, known as the Harborton Reliability Project, would upgrade one existing power line, and clearcut nearly five acres of forest i... Read more

Colonialism, Solidarity, and Leonard Peltier

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This year, the annual deluge of Black Friday ads egging us on to attain higher levels of consumption–with corresponding carbon emissions and solid and liquid waste–seemed particularly hollow, morbid–predatory, even– falling as Black Friday did this year on November 29, t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 9, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode features a discussion of possible changes to the Metro Supportive Housing Services Measure  and commentary from Desiree Hellegers on Mourning, Solidarity, and freeing Leonard Peltier.  Frann Michel hosts. More about the segments:   Support Supportive Housi... Read more

Remembering Bob Sallinger

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On this episode of Locus Focus we honor Oregon Environment Icon Bob Sallinger, who died on October 30. For over 30 years Bob has been a regional fixture advocating and fighting to protect our rivers, wildlife, forests and communities from environmental and social degradatio... Read more

Effective Sentencing Reforms

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Mark Leymon, Ph.D., professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice-Urban & Public Affairs at Portland State University. A quantitative research methodologist and justice policy researcher, Dr. Leymon discusses his research on the effects of sente... Read more

State of the Global Drug War 2024

Airs at: Wed, 11/27/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: State of the Global Drug War 2024. The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs held a set of thematic discussions November 12 through 14. On this edition of Century hear from Chloe Carpentier, Chief of the Research and Knowledge Production ... Read more

Deflection Programs

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Deflection Programs. As a kind of trade-off when the Oregon legislature recriminalized simple possession of some drugs, the state of Oregon and the majority of Oregon counties committed to setting up what are called deflection programs, t... Read more