
It’s the fifth consecutive year of drought for Oregon and the West.
Jeff Barnard
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- Benton County will vote on a measure to institute ranked-choice voting in general and special elections. One of the chief petitioners, Blair Bobier, joins us to explain the concept, also called instant-runoff voting. And political scientist Paul Gronke joins us to talk about this other proposed election reforms.
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- Former Oregonian/OregonLive reporter Kelly House will be on to talk about the recent investigative series "Draining Oregon" about groundwater. Her reporting shows that aquifers in eastern Oregon are being drained faster than they can be replenished and that the state lacks funding to find out how much groundwater is actually accessible to farmers and ranchers.
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- Cindy Womack, coordinator for student health and wellness at Blue Mountain Community College, recently traveled to Kenya to address the high rate of suicide in the country. We hear about her experience.
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