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05.16.25 Community Action Agency Impact in Marion & Polk Counties
With federal cuts to safety net programs in local communities, Jimmy Jones, director of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, sent a letter to elected off...
05.15.25 Braver Angels: Zach Elwood Explores How Contempt Destroys Democracy
Braver Angels is a national organization with local alliances, formed to bring people together with differing beliefs and a hope to build understanding and find common...
05.07.25 Keeping Oregon Oregon Explores Legislation on Agriculture & Land Use Laws
Keeping Oregon Oregon has a mid-legislative session conversation with Oregon State Representative Ed Diehl of HD 17 on proposed legislation regarding land use planning...
05.06.25 Elephant in the Room Explores Impact of Federal Initiatives on the Climate
Elephant in the Room talks with Susan Smith, retired Willamette University environmental law professor, about the Trump administration's actions to roll back climate r...
05.04.25 Local Elections: Salem Keizer School Board Candidates - Zones 1 & 3
Hear a conversation with Salem-Keizer School Board candidates from Zones 1 & 3. They answer questions and talk with each other about their values & beliefs and how tha...
05.02.25 State Rep. Tom Andersen with a Legislative Update
Rep. Tom Andersen updates listeners on what's been happening at the State Capitol in April and what is yet to be done.
05.01.25 Local Election: Salem Keizer School Board Candidates - Zones 5 & 7
Hear a conversation with Salem-Keizer School Board candidates from Zones 5 & 7. They answer questions and talk with each other about their values & beliefs and how tha...
05.01.25 State of Labor with Don McIntosh, NW Labor Press
Don McIntosh, Northwest Labor Press, talks with Juan Carlos Ordoñez, Oregon Center for Public Policy on the state of labor in Oregon. This special episode of Policy ...
04.30.25 Salem City Council Candidates - Ward 6
Election Coverage: Three people are running to represent Northeast Salem residents in Ward 6 in the May 20, 2025 election: Deanne Garcia, Logan Lor & Mai Vang. Hear w...
04.29.25 Election: Polk County Fair Grounds Levy
There's an election May 20. Be informed with an overview of the Polk County Fair Ground levy, with Polk County Fair Board chair, Tim Ray. Hear the needs driving the as...
04.29.25 Election: Dallas Police Dept. Bond
The election is May 20th. Be informed with an overview of the Dallas Police bond with Dallas city councilor, Larry Briggs and Friends of Dallas PD PAC, Rod Dunham. The...
04.24.25 Holla for Labor Explores Worker Engagement in the Workplace
Holla for Labor talks with Sherman Henry, the director of the Labor Institute for Advancing Black Strategists. They explore pathways for workers in the south to find w...
Braver Angels Talks with Miles: The Nomadic Centrist
Braver Angels encourages people with opposing political views to have conversations that help identify common ground. In this episode, we examine how people can be ste...
04.16.25 Conservation Spotlight Explores the Work of the Luckiamute Watershed Council
Conservation Spotlight talks with the staff of the Luckiamute Watershed Council (LWC). The LWC's mission is engage and assist landowners and communities in the volunta...
04.15.25 Monmouth Monthly Celebrates City Volunteers
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month. Monmouth Monthly shines the light on Melody Barrett & Sharon Oberst, volunteers for the Monmouth Arts and Culture Commission; a...
04.10.25 Policy for the People Explores the Trump Budget Blueprint
Policy for the People talks with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden about the Trump administration’s “budget blueprint” and how it would impact Oregonians. Then, they talk with th...
04.08.25 Sable House in Dallas Oregon Serves Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Sable House in Dallas Oregon serves victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Rochelle Juarez, executive director, talks about this type of violence and h...
04.04.25 State Rep. Tom Andersen with Legislative Update
State Rep. Tom Andersen (House District 19) discussed legislative process, a typical day at the Capitol, and specific legislation affecting people in the mid-Willamett...
04.03.25 Qingming Festival & Salem's Chinese History
Qingming is a Chinese festival that honors the ancestors. It's celebrated in Salem & Keizer due to the Chinese influence in the area during the late 1800s / early 190...
04.02.25 An Update on Court Appointed State Advocate Program (CASA)
Vanessa Nordyke, Executive Director of Marion CASA, talks about how the agency helps kids in foster care and how cuts in the federal budget affect their ability to adv...
04.02.25 Keeping Oregon Oregon on Loss of Farmland & Health of Agriculture
Keeping Oregon Oregon talks with Mike McCarthy, Farmer Emeritus in the Hood River Valley, regarding the loss of Oregon farmland and the impacts on farmers and their ab...
04.01.25 Elephant in the Room Explores Legislation for Climate Resiliency
Elephant in the Room talks with State Senator Jeff Golden about SB 1187, a bill to set up a Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program, financed by the fossil fuel indust...
03.27.25 Holla Celebrates Women in Labor
Holla for Labor talks with Mamie Pratt, Chair of the Women's Committee, International Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, about women in labor.
03.26.25 Meet Ashley Carson Cottingham, Exec Dir of Center for Hope & Safety
The Center for Hope & Safety, providing assistance to survivors and victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, has a new executive director. M...
03.26.25 Reproductive Health Care in the Mid Willamette Valley
With the uncertainty of federal funding of Medicaid (Oregon Health Plan), Dr. Sara Kennedy, Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, explains what's at stake for reprod...
03.25.25 A Primer on Salem's "Livability Levy" with the Coalition Leading the Campaign
Hear about Salem’s Operations Levy on the May ballot and what services are at stake for the residents of Salem. Leaders of the Salem Livability Levy Coalition PAC - Da...
03.21.25 Meet Salem's New Fire Chief - Dave Gerboth
Meet Salem's new Fire Chief Dave Gerboth. Find out how the city plans to shift ambulance operations from a private company to the city, new collaborations to create be...
03.19.25 Agricultural Workforce Labor Standards Board
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, or PCUN, is Oregon's Farm Workers Union. Executive Director, Reyna Lopez, talks about the challenges farm workers face in gro...
03.19.25 Conservation Spotlight: Meet the Farmer - Nottinghamshire Farms
Conservation Spotlight launches its new miniseries called Meet the Farmer where they hear from growers in the Willamette Valley who are implementing conservation pract...
03.18.25 Exploring Budget Challenges in the City of Independence
Independence Mayor Kate Schwarzler and City Manager Kenna West talk about the city's budget and how they're engaging the community in shaping it. They discuss the hist...