Feds provide $1 million to rehab farmworker housing
News-Register McMinnville nonprofit Community Home Builders has been awarded nearly $1 million in federal grant funds to rehabilitate 24 units of agricultural worker housing at Villa del Sol apartments in east McMinnville. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas announced the award of $956,333 from the
OREGON AND FOUR TRIBES EARN OVER $12 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS-GRID RESILIENCE
KQEN On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well as Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Val Hoyle announced that Oregon’s Energy Department has secured $10.9 million and four Tribes with members in Oregon have earned a combined $1.16 million in federal investment. A joint release said this is to
Americans bet $100 million on Trump v. Harris, but at what cost?
NPRAn election betting advertisement flashed on screen during coverage of former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden this weekend on the Right Side Broadcasting Network, a conservative media company. “Bet on the US election,” the ad for Kalshi said as Trump spoke on stage. “Bet $100 on Trump,
Merkley: FDA e-cigarettes move ‘outrageously overdue’
WASHINGTON – (Update: Merkley reacts to FDA move on flavored e-cigarettes) Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Food and Drug Administration, released the following statement after the FDA announced that it is temporarily pulling all flavored e-cigarette products from the market: “This action
U.S. Senate demands answers on vaping illness epidemic as Trump and feds promise action
Nearly a quarter of the U.S. Senate blasted federal health authorities Wednesday for what they said was a consistent failure to regulate e-cigarettes, urging aggressive steps to stem the ongoing crisis of severe lung illnesses connected to vaping. Led in part by Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, 23 senators said in a
A Heavily Pregnant Migrant Crossed the U.S. Border Experiencing Contractions. American Doctors Stopped Her Labor, Then Sent Her Back to Mexico
(MATAMOROS, Mexico) — Eight-and-a-half-months pregnant and experiencing contractions, an El Salvadoran woman crossed the Rio Grande — only to be apprehended by Border Patrol. She was not allowed to stay. Agents took her to the hospital, where doctors gave her medication to stop the contractions. And then, according to the woman
SE ANUNCIA MÁS DE $7.8 MILLONES EN FINANCIACIÓN PARA PROGRAMAS DE TRATAMIENTO CON OPIOIDES
Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, han anunciado que más de $7.8 millones en subvenciones federales apoyarán los esfuerzos para tratar y prevenir la adicción a los opiáceos. Un comunicado de los Senadores dijo que la adicción es uno de los problemas más apremiantes del estado, ya que las comunidades de todo el estado enfrentan una
Kingsley podría perder $10 millones por la financiación del muro, dice el senador Merkley
El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, condenó el miércoles la decisión de la Administración Trump de financiar un muro fronterizo tomando miles de millones de dólares de fondos de los proyectos del Pentágono, incluidos más de $10 millones para Kingsley Field en Klamath Falls. Merkley está disgustado por la completa indiferencia de la Administración Trump no
Los senadores condenan la decisión de Trump de desviar el dinero del proyecto militar de Klamath Falls al muro fronterizo
Los senadores de Oregón, Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley, condenaron la administración del presidente Donald Trump después de que anunciaran el miércoles que el Pentágono desviaría fondos de proyectos de construcción militar para financiar un muro fronterizo entre Estados Unidos y México. Parte de esa financiación había sido aprobada por el Congreso para pagar
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