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  • City Council Candidates Head-to-Head
    On today's The Local:Your Quick 6 news headlines, and a special focus on the special election for City Council Position Two - today we have candidates Loretta Smith and Dan Ryan on the issues, and contrasting their approaches to getting things done. Ballots are due on August 11!
    35 min
  • Grants Pass Lawsuit; Candidate Loretta Smith
    Today, on The Local:Your Quick 6 news headlines, Ed Johnson from the Oregon Law Center is with us to share the impact of a recent lawsuit against the city of Grants Pass on those who are living outside, and we continue our focus on the special election for City Council position 2 with part two of our with Loretta Smith. Ballots are due in less than two weeks on August 11!
    33 min
  • COVID Data; Loretta Smith, candidate for City Council Position 2
    Today, on The Local:
    Your Quick 6 news headlines, Ben DeJarnette from Bridgeliner joins to review the week’s Covid data,and we continue our focus on the special election for City Council position 2 with part one our interview with Loretta Smith. Ballots are due in less than two weeks on August 11!
    27 min
  • Ted and Feds, Head to Head
    Today on The Local:
     Your Quick 6 news headlines, Kate Kaye is back with more on Portland’s upcoming facial recognition vote, and we continue our focus on the special election for City Council position 2 with part two of Jefferson's interview with Dan Ryan. Ballots are due in less than two weeks on August 11.
    27 min
  • "A Mask For Everyone"; City Council Candidate Dan Ryan
    Today on the Local:Your Quick 6 news headlines. Avi Brown joins The Local to discuss a Mask for Everyone.And, we begin our focus on the special election for City Council position 2 with an interview with Dan Ryan. Ballots are due two weeks from today on August 11.
    34 min
  • Riot Ribs; Historical View of Protests; Naked Athena
    On today's The Local:
    Your Quick 6 news headlines!Mike Selig, from partner station KXRW, has an interview with a history professor from Olympia during the Saturday night protest in downtown Portland.And, An interview from Morgan Jones & Kan Jones of The Unrefined Sophisticates Podcast with local protester, Athena.
    29 min
  • Ted Wheeler Gets Tear Gassed; ACLU Takes Action
    Today on The Local:
    Your Quick 6 news headlines. Alex Zilensky, News Editor of the Portland Mercury, brings a focus on local protests.An interview with Katherine McDowell, VP of Policy, Oregon ACLU on the current legal actions related to federal presence in local protests.
    33 min
  • An Update from Detective Tanya Wollsteen; and an Argument For Initiative 57
    Today, on The Local:
    Your Quick 6 news headlines.   Barb Seaman is back with a focus on domestic violence during COVID-19. Barb brings us an update from Detective Tanya Wollsteen of the Vancouver Police department.  And, an interview with Norman Turrill chair of the People Not Politicians action committee, to advocate for passing Initiative 57. We will feature an opponent of the initiative in the near future.
    29 min

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