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LISTEN IN: Why Marion County can’t yet field a mobile crisis team
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: Why no mobile crisis unit in town and a new leader at a key homeless services organization.
LISTEN IN: Petitioners gather surplus of signatures on payroll tax – now what?
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: Signatures are in to put payroll tax before Salem voters. Salem's transit system doesn't get all the money it was after from the state.
LISTEN IN: What NE Salem residents say they like – and what to change
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: A neighborhood pulls together in NE Salem, a sex case arrest and tax deadbeats.
LISTEN IN: Behind Kotek’s planned veto of Salem streetcar money
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: Governor vetoes Salem projects, an affordable housing complex saved, and shop summer camp.
LISTEN IN: Thousands sign the petition to put the Salem payroll tax on the ballot
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: Payroll referendum reaches 4,000 unverified signatures, city council considers plans for a west Salem apartment complex and the fight against an invasive river plant.
LISTEN IN: Teen drowns while swimming at Keizer Rapids Park
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: A teen drowns at Keizer Rapids Park, a man is sentenced for a rampage through Keizer and a new disability treatment program.
LISTEN IN: Why sports fees are coming back to Salem schools in the fall
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: Sports fees return for students, downtown block development and family therapy.
LISTEN IN: Why a business group wants Salem voters to have a say on worker tax
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: Possible public vote on new tax, councilors explain themselves and punk performers return.
LISTEN IN: Marion County’s new sheriff has clear ideas about the future of his agency
CATCH OUR SHOW: Our journalists discuss the news of the day with Wendy Brokaw of Capital Community Media. TODAY: A word with Marion County's new sheriff, a teen heads to prison for life, and a street murder in Salem.