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,
New Trump administration rule would let feds detain immigrant children indefinitely
The Trump administration unveiled a new rule Wednesday that allows the government to detain children until they can be deported, stripping away current legal protections for youths and possibly leading to indefinite detention. The rule would gut the so-called Flores settlement, a 22-year-old federal court agreement that requires that children
Senate Democrats Vow to Fight Reopening of For-Profit ‘Child Prison’ Homestead
The nation’s largest detention center built to house unaccompanied immigrant children officially shut its doors earlier this month—but not for long. In a report last week, the Trump administration indicated it is planning to reopen the center as soon as six weeks from now, leading immigrant rights advocates and members
Merkley denounces Trump rollback of Wall Street reform
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who co-authored the Volcker Rule with former Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., released the following statement Tuesday after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation voted to pass a new rulemaking he said is designed to gut the Volcker Rule, with other Trump administration financial regulators expected to follow suit soon. Merkley said
Detener el aumento de precios en los medicamentos recetados
Cada año, organizo un ayuntamiento en todos los condados de Oregón. Desde la costa hasta los pastizales, desde el desfiladero hasta el alto desierto, desde el azul hasta el rojo, hay un tema constante que los habitantes de Oregón me piden que aborde: el precio de los medicamentos recetados. Albert, en el condado de Linn, paga $800 por dosis del inmunosupresor de su esposa
Senate Dem seeks answers from DHS on reports of pregnant asylum seekers sent back to Mexico
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Friday asked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to clarify reports that pregnant asylum-seekers have been forced to wait out their immigration cases in Mexican border cities. Merkley wrote DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, asking why six late-term pregnant women were included in the Migrant Protection Protocols
All aboard for sucker recovery
UPPER KLAMATH LAKE – Two species of Klamath Basin sucker have been dying before they can reach adulthood, and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley is showing continued interest in expediting efforts already underway to save the fish species. Merkley was in Klamath Falls Monday, touring facilities aimed at rearing and releasing
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