Kyra Buckley
Business Reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting
Business reporter @OPB; Past: @HoustonChron, @HoustonPubMedia, @KUNC, @KLCCOregon; University of Oregon alum; WNBA fan; Jazzercise instructor. She/her.
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1 week ago |
opb.org | Kyra Buckley
In a Salem factory on a Tuesday afternoon, Digit the robot is being tested. The humanlike robot uses its two legs to walk up to a storage bin. Digit’s two arms reach for the bin, and its clawlike hands grip the sides. The robot gracefully lifts the storage box up so it’s level with its torso. Digit turns so that its head — which looks similar to a small projector with a white screen — faces the storage bin’s intended location.
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1 week ago |
ijpr.org | Kyra Buckley
Tariffs levied by President Donald Trump mean Oregonians will see higher prices for a wide swath of things — cars, electronics, toys, food, clothing, shoes, furniture, construction material — by this summer, if they’re not already. Companies of all sizes have been warning Pacific Northwest leaders that steep tariffs on China, along with widespread import taxes on all trading partners, are raising the cost of doing business.
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2 weeks ago |
opb.org | Kyra Buckley
An undated image provided image shows containers at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6, the state’s only international container terminal. Courtesy of the Port of PortlandTariffs levied by President Donald Trump mean Oregonians will see higher prices for a wide swath of things — cars, electronics, toys, food, clothing, shoes, furniture, construction material — by this summer, if they’re not already.
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2 weeks ago |
ijpr.org | Kyra Buckley
The central African country of Sudan is facing one of the worst hunger crises in modern history. “Every day there are children dying from hunger and malnutrition,” Mary Stata, chief development officer of Portland-based international nonprofit Mercy Corps, told OPB. “And we have had to cut programming as a result of the U.S. reduction in foreign assistance.”Stata said Mercy Corps’ work in Sudan helped feed and support more than 220,000 people.
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2 weeks ago |
opb.org | Kyra Buckley
In this undated provided photo, the Portland office for international nonprofit Mercy Corps is seen here at Southwest Naito Parkway and Southwest Ankeny Street. Mercy Corps is putting the building up for sale at $17.6 million. Courtesy of Cascadia Aerial via Mercy CorpsThe central African country of Sudan is facing one of the worst hunger crises in modern history.
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