Legislation

Fight for 15 in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with organizer Justin Norton-Kertson about the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. They discuss the benefits of raising the floor for all workers and preserving social welfare spending for those unable to work, as well as the origins of... Read more

Jason Yates Interview

Airs at: Tue, 05/20/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Jason Yates is running for US Congress in the 1st District. He talked with Don Merrill about how he has basic faith in the media despite how media professionals may have their own biases, how the Second Amendment assumes the citizenry will have guns not allow them to ha... Read more

Anita Brown Interview

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Anita Brown is a Democrat running for Congress in Oregon's 5th Congressional District. She talked with Don Merrill about how she believes that everyone should have the right to own but not necessarily carry guns into public spaces, how gay marriage is a civil rights issu... Read more

Alissa Keny Guyer Interview

Airs at: Sun, 05/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Alissa Keny Guyer is a Democrat running for re-election in Oregon House District 46. She talked with Don Merrill about her eagerness to work on issues related health disparaties for people of color, her concern over the corrupting influence of lobbying groups on her coll... Read more

Wally Hicks Interview

Airs at: Sat, 05/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Wally Hicks is a legislator currently serving House District 3 but he is leaving the Oregon legislature this year to run for the Josephine County Council. He talked with Don Merrill about why he is leaving the legislature to spend more time with his family, how by any mea... Read more

Kathleen O'Brien Interview

Airs at: Sat, 05/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Kathleen O'Brien is a Democrat running for the seat in House District 42.  She talked with Don Merrill about her passion for the rights of the disabled, her desire to advance the Progressive agenda in the Oregon legislature and her determination to better support teacher... Read more

Gordon Challstrom Interview

Airs at: Fri, 05/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Gordon Challstrom is a Republican running for Oregon's Governor.  He talked with Don Merrill about how if Oregonians chose to overturn the 2004 same-sex Constitutional amendment, he would follow their wishes as the chief executive, how a variety of political problems are... Read more

Jackson County GMO-Ban Initiative

Airs at: Wed, 05/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
A measure on the ballot in southwest Oregon's Jackson County seeks to ban the cultivation and propagation of genetically modified crops in the county. KBOO's Sam Bouman speaks with Elise Higley of Our Family Farms Coalition, which is leading the initiative, for more info... Read more

GMO-Labeling Initiative Approved by State Supreme Court

Airs at: Thu, 05/08/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
After receiving the approval of the Oregon Supreme Court today, a group trying to get a GMO-labeling initiative on the November ballot is poised to begin gathering signatures. For more on the initiative, KBOO’s Sam Bouman spoke to Sandeep Kaushik, a spokesman with Oreg... Read more

Andrew Geller interviews Ralph Nader on his latest book, Unstoppable

Airs at: Fri, 05/09/2014 at 12:00am
Andrew Geller speaks with long-time political activist, lecturer and author Ralph Nader about his latest book, Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State. Read more