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Portland, OR
Joined July 2009
Drought in the Klamath Basin, the budget deal in WA state, and the possibilities are for a new Interstate bridge: @ThinkOutLoudOPB at 12
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.@ThinkOutLoudOPB at noon is on radio & TV (PLUS): TOL news roundtable; OSU professor on dams in China, summer reading for young adults
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A closer look at where lawmakers go when they go on foreign trips, what the trips are for, and who pays - at 6:50am during MORNING EDITION
.@ThinkOutLoudOPB is live from Salem at 12, as leg session enters home stretch, talking to reporters and house leadership.
On @ThinkOutLoudOPB at noon: conversations about the #DOMA and Prop 8 decisions, with a focus on their impacts in the Pacific NW.
We continue our series on East Portland's neighborhoods, some of the most dangerous streets for pedestrians & kids. Story: 6:50, 8:50am.
Tomorrow on @ThinkOutLoudOPB - analysis of expected #SCOTUS rulings Wed on two much-anticipated same-sex marriage cases. At noon
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Our series "East of 82nd" begins this am at 6:50/8:50 w/look at availability of fresh, affordable food. Home to 40% of city's kids.
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What happens when our exported coal is burned abroad? How US coal could contribute to worldwide climate change, at 6:50am & 8:50am.
What should plan to end homelessness in Multnomah Co focus on? Also, proposed suicide barrier on PDXs Vista Bridge. @ThinkOutLoudOPB at noon
There might not be enough water for everybody in the Klamath River in this dry year. Details at 6:50am & 8:50am during Morning Ed.
On @ThinkOutLoudOPB at 12, conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston on fine print of our financial lives
A limit on federal financial aid hits Oregon teens hard if they haven't earned a standard HS diploma. Story at 4:45. #Education
Is a dispute over coordinated care organization in Salem threatening to derail OR's healthcare transformation? @ThinkOutLoudOPB at noon.
A new musical about Stu Rasmussen, mayor of Silverton, OR, and America's only transgendered mayor. Story at 6:50am & 8:50am.
Not having a HS diploma can cause big problems. 300K+ Oregonians did not finish high school. Story at 4:45pm. #education
We'll talk to the Portland Zoo's Director of Elephant Habitats, retiring after 42 years, at 6:50am & 8:50am this morning.
Pay a visit to researchers in Eastern Oregon who are using unmanned aerial vehicles to study ... potatoes. That's at 6:50 & 8:50am
Hear how Oregon plans to hit its goal of 30,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2015. At 6:50 & 8:50am.
On @ThinkOutLoudOPB at noon, it's conversations about energy efficiency, future of wild horse populations, and PDX's bike infrastructure.