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KGW’s Straight Talk with Laural Porter

Straight Talk with Laural Porter

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What trees can tell us about climate change

What trees can tell us about climate change

Local experts explain how trees can help us prepare for a warming climate. Laural Porter is joined by KGW Meteorologist ... Read more

21 Feb 2020

23mins

Ranked #2

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Rep. Suzanne Bonamici on student loan debt

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici on student loan debt

Student loan debt in 2019 is at the highest points its ever been. Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and talks about the Publi... Read more

18 Oct 2019

23mins

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Oregon business teams up with non-profit to fight child abuse

Oregon business teams up with non-profit to fight child abuse

Child advocates say the state of Oregon is woefully under funding services to prevent and treat child abuse. We're joine... Read more

8 Nov 2019

23mins

Ranked #4

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Addiction Treatment and Recovery, with Heidi Wallace and Carrie Bates of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Addiction Treatment and Recovery, with Heidi Wallace and Carrie Bates of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Heidi Wallace and Carrie Bates from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation join Laural Porter to talk about addiction and re... Read more

13 Dec 2019

24mins

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Is the trade industry in Oregon strong?

Is the trade industry in Oregon strong?

We're joined by Eco Northwest President John Tapogna, Executive Director of PNW International Trade Association Maria Is... Read more

20 Dec 2019

23mins

Ranked #6

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Investigative Reporter Kyle Iboshi on robocalls and scams

Investigative Reporter Kyle Iboshi on robocalls and scams

KGW's Kyle Iboshi explains how robocalls work and if there's anything we can do to stop them. He also goes over some tip... Read more

11 Nov 2019

23mins

Ranked #7

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Senate leaders on new Cap and Trade Bill

Senate leaders on new Cap and Trade Bill

Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick and Senate Minority Leader Herman Baertschiger Jr. join Laural Porter to discuss th... Read more

3 Feb 2020

23mins

Ranked #8

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Rep. Schrader on coronavirus and climate change

Rep. Schrader on coronavirus and climate change

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D), who is being challenged by Milwaukie Mayor Mark Gamba in the Democratic primary, talks ab... Read more

7 Mar 2020

24mins

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How Inside Woodlawn teaches us about a lot more than a Portland elementary school

How Inside Woodlawn teaches us about a lot more than a Portland elementary school

Investigative reporter Cristin Severance, and photojournalists Gene Cotton and Kurt Austin, are spending the school year... Read more

14 Feb 2020

24mins

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Ebony Clarke of Multnomah County's Mental Health and Addiction Services

Ebony Clarke of Multnomah County's Mental Health and Addiction Services

Ebony Clarke, the new director of Multnomah County's Mental Health and Addiction Services Division, says her goal, as sh... Read more

25 Nov 2019

23mins

Ranked #11

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Child abuse in Oregon

Child abuse in Oregon

Laural Porter is joined by Becky Jones, the executive director of the Oregon Network of Child Abuse Intervention Centers... Read more

25 Jan 2020

23mins

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Jules Boykoff on why we should cancel the Olympics

Jules Boykoff on why we should cancel the Olympics

Jules Boykoff, a political scientist who studies the Olympics, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times in March 2020 about ... Read more

20 Mar 2020

13mins

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Fighting hunger in Oregon and Washington

Fighting hunger in Oregon and Washington

According to the Oregon Food Bank, one in nine people in Oregon and Washington face food insecurity. Oregon Food Bank CE... Read more

29 Feb 2020

24mins

Ranked #14

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Gov. Brown on the upcoming session

Gov. Brown on the upcoming session

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown talked with Laural about reviving the cap-and-trade bill, the possibility of another Republican w... Read more

18 Jan 2020

24mins

Ranked #15

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Strengthening domestic violence laws

Strengthening domestic violence laws

Tiffany Hill was shot and killed by her estranged husband in front of her children in November 2019. Now, Washington law... Read more

8 Feb 2020

23mins

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