The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – May 4, 2005

Governor Schwarzenegger submits signatures for the first of three ballot measures he may put before voters in a 70 million dollar special election next fall…the initiative would lengthen the time it takes teachers to earn tenure from two to five years… Embattled Republican House Majority leader Tom Delay says he’s confident that he’ll be vindicated … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – May 3, 2005

Iraq’s new government is sworn into office….but it’s still not complete…..five ministers are temporary and two deputy prime minister posts are still vacant…..meanwhile the violence accompanying its installation goes on — 170 have been killed in six days In Britain families of soldiers slain in Iraq plan to take British prime minister Tony Blair to … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – May 2, 2005

Private Lynndie England pleads guilty to mistreating prisoners at Abu Ghraib…she’ll be sentenced tomorrow…. an ACLU attorney says the focus on England obscures the issue of command responsibility by defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other high level officials At least 140 people are dead in the five days of bloodshed since the Iraqi parliament approved … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 29, 2005

One day after Iraq forms a new government resistance fighters unleash a wave of coordinated bomb attacks….17 explosions kill at least 50 including three U.S. soldiers Republicans in the House of Representatives announce plans to draft legislation to overhaul social security….the move comes one day after president Bush tells a nationwide audience that those lawmakers … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 28, 2005

Congress debating a compromise budget plan that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling…..senate opponents won’t be able to use the filibuster to kill the plan…. President Bush with a rare prime time press conference….in his opening remarks Bush pushes congress to pass his energy bill and to overhaul Social Security, including … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 27, 2005

The Republican dominated house approves a bill making it illegal to take a teenager across state lines for an abortion without parental consent.. Former Vice President Al Gore on blames “Republican lust for one-party domination” for the Republican campaign to change senate rules on filibustering judicial nominees State senator Sheila Kuehl’s legislation for a state … Continued