Children working in the agriculture industry accounted for more than half of the work-related child fatalities in the U.S. between 2003 and 2016. That’s according to a new Government Accountability Office report. We hear from Cindy Brown Barnes, director of education, workforce and income security at the GAO and from Molly McCargar, a farmer in Gervais.
Officer Mike Day spends his days talking to people living on the streets in Oregon City and trying to get them help. He’s the homeless liaison officer of Oregon City Police, and he’s been in the job for about a year and a half.
The Salem library was in the process of reviewing out-of-date, damaged and underused books to make space for new materials, but public outcry has led the Salem City Council to halt the process. City librarian Sarah Strahl joins us.
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