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,
Un demócrata del Senado defiende el filibusterismo de Neil Gorsuch
El senador Jeff Merkley (D-OR) tiene un mensaje para sus colegas demócratas en el Senado: no dejen que Mitch McConnell los engañe. El miércoles por la tarde, Politico informó que un puñado de demócratas del Senado están considerando llegar a un acuerdo con el líder de la mayoría republicana para permitir que Neil Gorsuch, el candidato de Donald Trump a la Corte Suprema,
El recorte propuesto por Trump al plan de comidas escolares es calificado de "cruel y vergonzoso"
El plan de Donald Trump de eliminar un programa de alimentación escolar que ha llegado a 40 millones de niños en todo el mundo ha sido calificado de “cruel y vergonzoso” por los legisladores estadounidenses. Una empresa bipartidista de ayuda estadounidense de $182m (£145m), conocida como el programa de alimentos para la educación McGovern-Dole, ha sido descrita como un cambio de vida por los senadores republicanos y demócratas y
Merkley: “We Must Resist President Trump’s Dangerous Tilt Toward Authoritarianism”
In a half-hour Senate floor speech today, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) cited President Donald Trump’s attacks on the press as evidence of a “dangerous tilt toward authoritarianism” that must be resisted. “Throughout his candidacy, and now within the walls of the White House, President Trump has viciously, repeatedly attacked the media. He
Merkley y sus colegas luchan contra recortes "peligrosos" al presupuesto de la EPA
WASHINGTON – El senador Jeff Merkley (demócrata por Oregón) encabezó el martes un grupo de 37 senadores que se opusieron a la propuesta del presidente Trump de infligir un recorte de más del 30 por ciento al presupuesto de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental. Expresando “extrema preocupación” por los recortes, los senadores escribieron a los líderes de asignaciones: “Durante la reunión presidencial del 28 de febrero de 2017
Poor sanitation, safety targeted in bill to improve Columbia River tribal fishing sites
Oregon and Washington legislators are again asking for money to improve the deplorable safety and sanitation conditions at Columbia River tribal fishing sites. They introduced a bill Tuesday that would upgrade the living conditions for Native American fishing crews while they wait for new villages to be built in the
Los demócratas del Senado buscan rescindir la orden del muro fronterizo de Trump
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined 22 other senators late last week in introducing legislation to rescind President Trump’s executive order to construct a border wall and ramp up deportations and detentions of undocumented immigrants. Trump’s executive order, signed January 25, mandates the immediate planning and construction
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