Thursday, June 8, 2023 By: KTVZ News Sources KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet in a bipartisan letter urging the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs to consider a long-term solution to increase wildland firefighter recruitment and
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 By: Damien Alvarado KDRV The South Central Oregon Economic Development District (SCOEDD) is going to receive $225,000 from the Economic Development Administration. Oregon U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced in a press release that the funds will help with development planning in Klamath and
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 By: Brian Bull OPB The U.S. government’s Indian boarding school system is the focus of legislation that’s been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate. For over a century after colonization, thousands of Native American children were taken from their families and put into government or church-run boarding
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Tuesday that Oregon State University will receive more than $642,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build out a tool that diagnoses invasive diseases in native plants. “Oregon is a leader in growing
Friday, June 2, 2023 KATU Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Friday that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be investing $10 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to help increase fire resiliency and protect native vegetation on public lands in Oregon,
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley led a push for the money to help families along the coast that depend on fisheries to survive Tuesday, May 30, 2023 By: Lynne Terry Oregon Capital Chronical The struggling fisheries industry on the West Coast is getting a much-needed financial boost from the federal government.
Also in this week’s legislative update: A bill aims to expand summer meal access in rural areas, and Ohio and Louisiana consider eliminating the reduced-price meal category. Tuesday, May 30, 2023 By: Benita Gingerella Food Service Director It’s been a busy month at the federal level for school meal legislation.
Monday, May 29, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., recently introduced the Feeding Our Rural Kids (FORK) Act, legislation that would amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a vehicle summer meal delivery pilot program to help feed kids in rural communities. The FORK Act is inspired by Oregon ingenuity. In an effort
Monday, May 29, 2023 The News Guard The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde will receive a $500,000 federal investment to build a fixed wireless network providing high-speed Internet connections to 200 unserved households in their community. The funding will allow the Tribe to build a fixed wireless network providing
Monday, May 29, 2023 By: Dakota Castets-Didier East Oregonian PENDLETON — Gun regulations, trans rights and the housing market were hot topics at U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s town hall meeting Sunday, May 28, in Pendleton. About two dozen people attended the afternoon event at the Pendleton Convention Center. Merkley began
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