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MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE $23 MILLION IN USFS INVESTMENTS TO STRENGTHEN AND DEFEND OREGON COMMUNITIES FROM WILDFIRE THREATS

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (USFS) is investing $23.5 million in 10 project proposals in Oregon that will help make communities across the state more resilient to severe wildfires.  The funding is part of the Community Wildfire

MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM WORTHLESS DEGREES

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has teamed up with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) to introduce the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act of 2023. They said the bill would help protect students from predatory for-profit college schemes by ending federal

MERKLEY, DURBIN, KRISHNAMOORTHI TEAM UP TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM WORTHLESS DEGREES

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) to introduce the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act of 2023. This bill would help protect students from predatory for-profit college schemes by ending federal financial aid for

MILLIONS IN FEDERAL WILDFIRE PREVENTION FUNDING COMING TO OREGON

Monday, March 20, 2023 By:  Makenna Marks KDRV CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland announced more than $21 million for wildfire risk reduction during a press conference with Senator Jeff Merkley at the Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest District headquarters on Sunday. “Through these investments, we plan

OVER $21 MILLION FOR WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION COMING TO OREGON

Sunday, March 19, 2023 By:  Nick Borden KOBI MEDFORD, Ore. – The Secretary of the Interior was in the Rogue Valley on Sunday, joined by Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley. The two federal officials met with local, state, federal, and tribal leaders, to discuss investments in wildland fire preparedness and

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