How The Senate Farm Bill Would Change Subsidies
The legislation does away with direct payments to farmers and instead expands crop insurance.
Voters Approve Metro Natural Spaces Levy
OPB | May 21, 2013 9:55 p.m.
Portland-area voters endorsed a natural spaces levy backed by the Metro regional government Tuesday.
Beaverton Passes Levy, Saves Teaching Jobs
OPB | May 22, 2013 6:07 a.m.
Beaverton won't have to cut more teachers. That's the upshot of Tuesday night's election results for one of Oregon's largest school districts.
Lane County Passes Jail Levy
OPB | May 21, 2013 11:32 p.m.
The five-year property tax will allow Lane County Jail to increase jail capacity and provide treatment services for youth offenders.
Obama Evokes Cold War In Speech At Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
NPR | June 19, 2013 1:19 p.m.
Against a backdrop that evoked the Cold War, President Obama renewed his push to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles on Wednesday. Obama delivered an address outside the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. He also meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Nina Totenberg Answers Your Supreme Court Questions
NPR | June 19, 2013 12:50 p.m.
Find out how the justices decide who writes the big opinions — and if they hang out after work.
The Penultimate Edition Of The Political Junkie
NPR | June 19, 2013 10:56 a.m.
Ken Rudin recaps the week in politics.
IRS Staffer: 'What I Did Was Not Targeting'
NPR | June 19, 2013 8:18 a.m.
A top Democrat says an interview with a key IRS staffer "debunks conspiracy theories."
It's The Final ScuttleButton Puzzle ... For Now
NPR | June 19, 2013 8:05 a.m.
It's time to solve the LAST — for now — ScuttleButton puzzle.
How A Merger Could Affect Congress' Favorite Airport
NPR | June 19, 2013 6:40 a.m.
Lawmakers don't want to lose flights at Reagan National if US Airways and American Airlines combine.
Liberal Groups Say They Received IRS Scrutiny Too
NPR | June 19, 2013 6:40 a.m.
The conventional shorthand for the IRS scandal is that employees "targeted" conservative groups for extra scrutiny in the applications for tax-exempt status. Except, as an inspector general's report showed, it wasn't just conservative groups that got the extra scrutiny. Plenty of liberal groups had to produce extensive documentation answer dozens of questions, too.
Secret Surveillance Credited With Preventing Terror Acts
NPR | June 19, 2013 6:40 a.m.
Internet monitoring and the collection of phone logs help agencies connect the dots, officials say.
Boehner Seeks To Reassure House GOP On Immigration
NPR | June 18, 2013 7:29 p.m.
Boehner told fellow Republicans an immigration bill would need majority House GOP support.
House Passes Bill That Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks
NPR | June 18, 2013 5:43 p.m.
Banning nearly all abortions 20 weeks after fertilization, the bill is unlikely to ever become law.
