Nobel Prize Winner Tawakkol Karman

OPB producer Eric Cain is retiring after more than 30 years with the station. We look back at his career with him.

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Eric Cain

Saul Hubbard, legislative reporter for the Register-Guard newspaper, joins us to talk about a new frontier for lawmakers looking into cutting the government spending: the cost of government employee health care.

State Employee Health Care Costs

We discuss some of the biggest news of the week with news roundtablers Naseem Rakha, Anna Griffin and Scott Brunn.

News Roundtable April 7 2017

Oregonian reporter Ted Sickinger fills us in on the trial of Martin Shain, an energy consultant charged with fraud, and efforts in the Oregon legislature to overhaul the state Department of Energy.

OR Department of Energy and the Trial of Martin Shain

For the second time in a week, the Oregon State Penitentiary has been put on lockdown for a large fight involving multiple inmates. Craig Prins, Inspector General of the Department of Corrections, tells us about how the prison deals with such incidents.

State Prison Riots

What happens when the entire town you live in goes up for sale? OPB News Director Anna Griffin spoke with people living in Tiller, Oregon, much of which was just sold to one buyer for $3.8 million.

Life in a Town for Sale

Lawmakers set out lofty aspirations in 2011, when they said that by 2025, they wanted 40 percent of Oregonians to have a 4-year college degree, 40 percent to have a 2-year college degree and 20 percent to have a high school diploma or GED. Now, some are questioning whether that’s doable and have begun rethinking the state’s education goals. Ben Cannon joins us to discuss these and other education matters.

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