Allison Frost

Multnomah County Elections Director Tim Scott talks with us about all the voting thing. Do you have questions about ranked choice returns, ballot security, postmarks or other voting-related questions?

The late Tom Spanbauer wrote fiction about people who live with HIV, but he joined us on World AIDS Day in 2014 to share how he dealt with the disease himself since 1988.

Some of the candidates running for one of the new seats on the Portland City Council agreed to swap campaign donations in order to qualify for the city’s system of matching funds.

The Portland Clean Energy Fund will provide as much as $10,000 per school for public middle and high school students in seven districts over the next five years.

Former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford wrote a “A Proclamation for Peace” poem several years ago. But today it has a new resonance. It’s been published in a new book, along with translations into more than 50 languages.

Public health leaders urge vaccination in Oregon’s largest measles outbreak in decades

Reusing consumer goods - not just recycling - is key to reducing the gargantuan amount of waste that's continuously generated by consumers. Two Oregon businesses are charting a course.

Trans, non-binary and gender-diverse (TNGD) youth often experience harm in child welfare programs, the justice system and homeless services. That’s according to a new national report by Lambda Legal.

Central Oregon poet, teacher and author Ellen Waterston began her role this month as the state’s official Poet Laureate. She joins us to discuss her poetry, her teaching and how she plans to meet her self-appointed goal of “kindling creativity and community” around poetry throughout Oregon.

When it comes to reducing consumer impact on the climate, reuse is orders of magnitude more effective than recycling. Two businesses are showing the way by way of refillable and reusable beer and wine glass bottles.