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
Sen. Merkley deems infrastructure plan inefficient
MEDFORD, Ore. — President Trump announced his proposed infrastructure plan on Monday and now senator Jeff Merkley is responding to it. President Trump has called for a $1.5 trillion plan to upgrade highways, railroads and airports. However, 70 percent of that funding is being asked of individual states and private investors,
RSD recibe subvención para las tormentas de nieve de 2017
REDMOND, OR — El Distrito Escolar de Redmond es el último en recibir fondos federales como reembolso por los costos incurridos durante el clima extremo del invierno pasado. Las escuelas de Redmond recibirán una subvención de $464,000 de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) para recuperar el gasto de quitar la nieve de los techos durante una tormenta de enero de 2017.
Democrats to Trump’s CFPB chief: Who’s looking out for consumers?
Now the White House wants to weaken his office even further. And many Democrats are asking: Can the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau still protect consumers? The bureau was created by the 2010 financial reform law known as Dodd-Frank. Its mission was to protect American consumers from predatory lenders and bullying debt
Ansiedad en ambos lados mientras el Senado abre el debate sobre los Dreamers y la inmigración
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — Horas antes de que el Senado votara por un margen de 97 a 1 para iniciar un debate abierto sobre la reforma migratoria el lunes, el presidente Donald Trump dijo que depende de los demócratas determinar el destino de la facción vulnerable de jóvenes inmigrantes indocumentados. que se han convertido en el foco de
Los senadores Merkley y Wyden se oponen al plan de perforación costa afuera de Trump
El secretario del Interior, Ryan Zinke, está recibiendo comentarios sobre el plan de la Administración para abrir las aguas de los océanos Pacífico, Atlántico y Ártico a la extracción de petróleo. El senador de Oregón, Ron Wyden, dice que eso pondría en peligro el medio ambiente y la industria pesquera de la costa de Oregón. “La incertidumbre económica duradera y la degradación ambiental final no valen la pena.
Trump llama "traidores" a los demócratas por fría recepción del Estado de la Unión
(Reuters) – El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, acusó el lunes a los demócratas de ser “antiestadounidenses” y “traidores” por su falta de aplausos durante su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión la semana pasada, cuando habló del aumento de los salarios y del desempleo históricamente bajo de los afroamericanos. . “Preferirían ver a Trump hacerlo mal que a nuestro país
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