Sheraz Sadiq

Oregon Democratic Rep. Maxine Dexter joins us to talk about the impact on Oregonians under the GOP's massive tax and spending bill.

Swan Songs Portland provides free concerts performed by local musicians for people at the end of their lives. Musicians are paid for their performances at no cost to recipients or their loved ones.

We hear from Oregon Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, about his reasons for opposing the transportation bill the Democratic supermajority failed to pass in the recently concluded legislative session.

Metro, the regional government agency for Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, decided to hold off on asking voters for a renewal of the homeless services tax on the November ballot.

The city of Vancouver is grappling with a sharp decline in new housing construction amid a severe shortage in affordable housing that is impacting the city and the region.

We hear about how a workforce shortage due to the fear of immigration enforcement actions is affecting the sweet cherry harvest in Oregon.

A University of Washington astronomer is part of the international science team working on a new observatory that will use the world's largest digital camera to survey the southern hemisphere night sky in unprecedented detail.

We hear from Innovation Law Lab about four asylum seekers they are representing who were recently arrested when they showed up for scheduled hearings at the Portland Immigration Court.

We hear about a silent horror film that has been recently discovered, restored and being shown to audiences for the first time in nearly 90 years.

We talk to British nature writer Robert Macfarlane about his new book, "Is a river alive?," and the ideas it explores, including a novel legal movement that's creating a new way to protect rivers today.