Saturday, August 26, 2023 Curry Coastal Pilot Six Oregon counties, including Lincoln and Tillamook, will receive a combined $19.3 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for culverts to encourage fish passage and species conservation. Oregon U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have announced the funding. Wyden fought for
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on the sixth anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide: “Today, we commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Burmese military’s horrific crimes against the Rohingya. I’ll never forget the painful stories from members of the Rohingya community when I traveled
Thursday, August 24, 2023 By: KTVZ News Sources KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are urging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to prioritize the Klamath, Deschutes and Rogue River Basins in upcoming federal funding decisions for drought and climate resiliency projects. Earlier this month, the
A new state law will automatically add Medicaid recipients to state voter rolls, but only if the federal government allows the Oregon Health Authority to share data Tuesday, August 22, 2023 By: Julia Shumway Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Democrats passed a law this year that could add more than 170,000
Monday, August 21, 2023 KQEN U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joins us during the August Recess to cover a number of issues of interest. Listen HERE.
Saturday, August 19, 2023 The World Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues to introduce the Preventing Election Subversion Act, legislation which would institute new safeguards to insulate state election administration from partisan pressure, and empower non-partisan local election officials. In 2022, state legislators across the country
Friday, August 18, 2023 By: KTVZ News Sources KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – A year after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law, Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday a total of $1.3 million in IRA funding headed to Southwest Oregon and Southeast Oregon Sagebrush Restoration Landscapes. These funds will be used for
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 By: Tom Joyce The Center Square The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $300,000 to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde to help it respond to opioid overdoses. It received the funds as part of the Department’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program. The initiative aims to
Thursday, August 10, 2023 Hermiston Herald Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Tuesday, Aug. 8, that the city of Irrigon has received $1 million from the federal Small Business Administration to build a business opportunity incubator. “Irrigon is very excited about this funding.?This grant brings opportunities for
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 By: Tom Joyce The Center Square The federal government is giving La Grande School district in Oregon more than $500,000. The district will receive $515,000 through the Department of Education for a Community Initiated Project to establish housing construction and construction career and technical education programs.
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