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$38 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR FISH, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND OUTDOOR ACCESS

Thursday, March 23, 2023 By:  Herald and News Staff Herald and News Oregon’s U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, announced Wednesday, March 22 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be awarding the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) $28,513,417 from the Wildlife Restoration fund for

CASSIDY, MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE BICAMERAL BILL TO PROVIDE MEDICAID DUE PROCESS FOR AMERICANS AWAITING TRIAL

Thursday, March 23, 2023 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Ed Markey (D-MA) and U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD-06), Michael Turner (R-OH-10), and Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) introduced the Due Process Continuity of Care Act. The bicameral bill amends Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP) to ensure that

SENATE DEMOCRAT CALLS XI-PUTIN SUMMIT A ‘THREE-DAY BRO-FEST CELEBRATING AUTHORITARIAN POWER

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 By:  Lauren Sforza The Hill Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) blasted Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia for “celebrating authoritarian power” on Tuesday. “This was a three day bro-fest celebrating authoritarian power,” he said on “CNN This Morning.” Merkley, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that China

DOUGLAS ELECTRIC CO-OP GETS OVER $9 MILLION FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 By:  Tiffany Eckert KLCC Douglas Electric Cooperative has been awarded over $9 million in federal funding to boost mitigation efforts in high-risk wildfire areas. The money will enable the utility to address hazard trees and reduce fuel buildup in its right-of-way. The work is meant to

WYDEN, MERKLEY: $2.1 MILLION TO OREGON FARMERS

Grants will go to farmers in Clackamas, Deschutes, Jackson, Lane, Multnomah, Polk, and Wallowa counties on National Ag Day 2023 Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that 11 Oregon farmers will received a combined $2.1 million in grants from the U.S.

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