Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Conflict To Collaboration: Central Oregon Irrigators Celebrate With Diverse Group
The party under a big white tent at the edge of a reservoir fed by the Deschutes River would have been an unlikely celebration just a few years ago, but this week environmental advocates and farmers came together to celebrate $50 million in federal funding for modernizing irrigation in Central
Oregon lawmakers working on nationwide asbestos ban
I remember well the moon landing fifty years ago this summer. Our leaders challenged Americans to accomplish something, to be the most innovative and competitive nation – and we put men on the moon in less than a decade. The moon landing was more than just a symbolic moment; it
Merkley offers plan to reduce class sizes
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley introduced legislation March 6 to invest $2 billion in smaller class sizes for public schools. The bill – offered with Democratic Senators Michael Bennet (Colorado), Kamala Harris (California), Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), and Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) – stated smaller class sizes increase student
Proyecto de recuperación de chupones involucra sistemas flotantes de aireación solar
Klamath Falls, Ore. – An Oregon Tech professor wants to use solar power to help boost populations of endangered sucker fish on Upper Klamath Lake. Professor Mason Terry is the director of the Oregon Renewable Energy Center at Oregon Tech. He’s working on ways to help endangered shortnose and Lost
Los senadores buscan respuestas del Servicio Forestal después del cierre
A group of senators is seeking answers from the U.S. Forest Service on their readiness for the upcoming wildfire year. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., led a group of their colleagues Wednesday in seeking answers from the U.S. Forest Service on the recent
The most powerful moment of the Whitaker hearing had nothing to do with Mueller
The most powerful moment during Matthew Whitaker’s testimony before Congress had nothing to do with the point of the hearing, which was supposed to be about whether he’s interfering in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Instead, the moment came when Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) asked Whitaker about his involvement in
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