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,
Legisladores de Oregón instan a financiar escuelas y condados rurales
WASHINGTON – El senador Ron Wyden y la representante Suzanne Bonamici, demócrata por Oregón, encabezaron el viernes un grupo bipartidista de legisladores que instaron a Mick Mulvaney, director de la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto, a incluir fondos adecuados para el programa Escuelas Rurales Seguras en el presupuesto del presidente para el año fiscal 2018. Wyden y Bonamici
SCOTT PRUITT, LA EPA Y EL PACTO DE LOS REPUBLICANOS CON TRUMP
Dado que el próximo martes se publicará un conjunto de documentos que podrían mostrar si Scott Pruitt, la elección del presidente Donald Trump para dirigir la Agencia de Protección Ambiental, debería obtener el puesto, ¿por qué los republicanos del Senado insistieron, a pesar de las protestas demócratas, en celebrar una reunión? ¿Voto de confirmación el viernes? ya que hubo
Los republicanos se apresuran a confirmar al candidato de Trump para la EPA, Scott Pruitt, después de que un juez federal ordenara la publicación de correos electrónicos sobre combustibles fósiles.
Los republicanos del Senado estaban desesperados por sacar adelante a uno de los candidatos al gabinete más controvertidos del presidente Donald Trump el viernes sin una investigación completa de su historial: confirmó al candidato de la EPA, Scott Pruitt, 52-46. El jueves por la noche, un juez de Oklahoma ordenó que se hicieran públicas miles de cartas entre Pruitt y compañías de combustibles fósiles. Es una petición que él
Malheur County farmers, ranchers to receive federal assistance for snow storm damage
Farmers and ranchers in Malheur County whose crops were crushed or whose livestock was lost in winter storms may now apply for emergency loans through the US Department of Agriculture. The department’s Farm Service Agency announced Thursday it would offer assistance to those in Malheur County, as well as several neighboring counties.
Merkley y Wyden apoyan proyecto de ley para derogar la 'ley mordaza global'
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are co-sponsoring a bill that would repeal the Mexico City Policy, an anti-abortion measure reinstated by President Donald Trump that threatens to strip funding from healthcare providers around the world. Trump is the first president to expand the policy, known as
Ore. El senador Merkley pide que se investigue la renuncia de Flynn
WASHINGTON — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is among a group of senators asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to appoint a special counsel to investigate National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation. “The fact that a senior national security advisor served for weeks while the president knew he had been identified as