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,
Wyden, Merkley urge keeping BLM citizen advisory panels
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Tuesday urged President Trump to protect vital, volunteer-led councils which currently inform Bureau of Land Management public land management policy. Last month, Trump issued an executive order instructing all federal agencies to review their advisory panels and terminate at least one-third of existing
Merkley, Wyden push VA Secretary Wilkie to protect veterans’ health care as new program goes into effect
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today pressed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie to not repeat the same mistakes of the Veterans Choice Program when establishing the new Veterans Community Care Program. Congress passed the VA MISSION Act in 2018 to strengthen VA
Oregon delegation calls for end to AT&T/DIRECTV’s service blackout
Most of Oregon’s U.S. delegation is calling for an end to AT&T/DIRECTV’s service blackout of KOIN 6 News. In a letter to AT&T/DIRECTV and KOIN 6 News’ parent company, Nexstar Media Group, U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and
Oregon senators inspect, tour several detention centers along the southern border
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – A group of senate democrats made a trip to McAllen, Texas on Friday to inspect and tour several detention centers along the southern border. This group of senators included Oregon’s two democrats: Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. Just a few days ago Merkley introduced new legislation,
Merkley co-sponsors clean-energy jobs bill
WASHINGTON – At a press conference Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Jeff Merkley , D-Ore., and AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka unveiled the Good Jobs for 21st Century Energy Act, major new legislation to create good-paying jobs in the transition to clean energy. “This legislation will drive the creation of good, family-wage jobs as the American
Protesters decry treatment of asylum seekers
About 300 people gathered Friday night in Ashland Plaza for Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps, a nationwide event protesting what was described as “appalling” and “deeply disturbing” U.S. immigration policies. Ashland attendees called for an end to child detainment and separation from parents, as well
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