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.
Merkley: Fighting for the ‘American Dream’ budget Oregonians deserve
Growing up, my family was like a lot of Oregon families: My dad was a millwright and my mom stayed at home. At that time, a single working income could buy a three-bedroom ranch house, an annual camping trip, and a dinner out a couple times a year. We had
Senators seek to save airport from Trump’s skinny budget
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) urged the Trump administration to provide more investment in the rural air service that supports essential travel like the commercial flights in and out of Pendleton’s Eastern Oregon Regional Airport. The two sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael
Merkley, Wyden join bid to overturn Trump climate order
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined more than 30 fellow Democratic senators Wednesday to introduce legislation that would rescind President Trump’s executive order, signed Tuesday, which they said aims to reverse several landmark U.S. initiatives to combat climate change. “Climate change is causing great destruction to our rural
Oregon senators urge support for rural air service
Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are going to bat for rural air service, citing the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton as one facility that benefits strongly from the program. In his budget proposal, President Donald Trump has called for eliminating the Essential Air Service, part of a
Legisladores de Oregón: La orden ejecutiva sobre el cambio climático pone a las corporaciones por delante de los problemas de salud
Los legisladores de Oregón reaccionaron a una orden ejecutiva, firmada el martes por el presidente Donald Trump, que revierte los mandatos de cambio climático establecidos en los últimos años. La orden tiene como objetivo reducir los intentos de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de frenar las emisiones, con la esperanza de impulsar el crecimiento del empleo en el
Líderes de Oregón denuncian orden de Trump sobre el clima
Los principales políticos de Oregón rechazaron el martes la orden ejecutiva del presidente Donald Trump para revertir los esfuerzos de Estados Unidos para combatir el cambio climático. La gobernadora Kate Brown se unió a los gobernadores de Washington y California, y a los alcaldes de cinco ciudades importantes de la costa oeste, incluido Ted Wheeler de Portland, en un comunicado de prensa denunciando la orden ejecutiva de Trump,
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