Bend awarded $5 million federal grant to fuel affordable housing production
Bend Bulletin The city of Bend has received a $5 million grant intended to kickstart affordable housing supply, the federal government announced Wednesday. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grant set the course for the city to identify and address policies that slow affordable housing
Wyden, Merkley announce $30.1 million in ‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’ to Oregon counties; $6 million to C. Oregon
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that counties throughout Oregon will receive more than $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024, including over $6 million for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT
Wyden, Merkley, colleagues call on Postal Service to prepare for November election
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is leading Senate colleagues including fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service to share their plans to accommodate high volumes of mail expected in the upcoming 2024 general election in Oregon and nationwide.
Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley Speaks All Night to Protest Gorsuch Nomination
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening and spoke through the night in protest of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, ending his marathon speech Wednesday morning. Mr. Merkley, a Democrat who was one of the earliest to come out in opposition to Judge Gorsuch
Oregon senator ends marathon Senate speech after 15 hours
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) stepped onto the Senate floor around 6:45 pm Tuesday night to begin a marathon speech in protest of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Fifteen and a half hours later, he left. “By stealing a Supreme Court seat for the first time in American history, the
Merkley makes history with 15-hour SCOTUS stemwinder
Jeff Merkley made Senate history after a more than 15-hour speech against Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch that ended at 10:13 a.m. on Wednesday. But his iron-man fortitude notwithstanding, the Oregon senator’s stemwinder will ultimately do nothing to stop Gorsuch’s confirmation. It will, however, raise Merkley’s profile significantly. He was
Jeff Merkley, the Unquiet American
The junior senator from Oregon orders the peppered chicken and cheese omelet and a Coke. The server says they only have Pepsi. That’s fine. Sitting across from Merkley in the low black booth, I order the same $3.25 grilled cheese sandwich President Obama had in 2012, when he hit the Gateway
Wyden y Merkley buscan bloquear acción migratoria en lugares 'sensibles'
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation Wednesday to block immigration agents from stalking sensitive locations like schools, hospitals and religious institutions without prior approval and exigent circumstances. The Protecting Sensitive Locations Act codifies the Department of Homeland Security’s existing policies and expands on those policies to
It’s Game Time And It’s All On The Line: Why Gorsuch Is Too Extreme For The Supreme Court
Even before President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court in January, I knew that I would oppose his appointment. By stealing a Supreme Court seat for the first time in American history, the Senate Majority is profoundly politicizing our highest court and deeply damaging its
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