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,
Democratic Senators Criticize Fintech-Charter Plan
WASHINGTON—Two top Senate Democrats voiced concerns Monday about the national bank regulator’s plan to offer a federal banking license to financial technology firms, questioning whether the agency had the authority to do so, among other things. In their letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Sens. Sherrod
Wyden y Merkley se unen al intento de prohibir permanentemente la perforación en alta mar
WASHINGTON – Los senadores Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley, demócrata por Oregón, se unieron a sus colegas senadores de la Costa Oeste para presentar esta semana la Ley de Expansión de la Protección del Océano de la Costa Oeste para prohibir permanentemente la perforación en alta mar en la plataforma continental exterior de Oregón, Washington y California. La legislación, introducida por primera vez en 2010, modificaría la
Sen. Jeff Merkley joins Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders in aiming to block potential Muslim registry
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) along with eight of his Democratic colleagues on Friday introduced a bill that would prohibit President-elect Donald Trump from creating a Muslim registry. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is sponsoring the Protect American Families Act, which would ban the creation of any “immigration-related registry programs that
El senador Jeff Merkley presenta un proyecto de ley para bloquear el registro musulmán propuesto por Donald Trump
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has joined Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and seven other Democratic Senators to introduce legislation that would block the establishment of the Muslim registry that President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly called for during his campaign. Called the Protect American Families Act, the legislation would prohibit the creation of
Democrats are already building a case against Trump’s pick to lead Treasury Department
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department is likely to face a contentious confirmation battle centered on his purchase of a failed subprime mortgage lender that repeatedly has been accused of wrongful foreclosures. The formal vetting process for Steven T. Mnuchin, who served as Trump’s campaign finance chairman
Los senadores piden al elegido de Trump por la EPA que revele sus conexiones con la industria energética
Los senadores demócratas del Comité de Medio Ambiente y Obras Públicas dicen que la elección de Donald Trump para dirigir la Agencia de Protección Ambiental debería revelar sus conexiones con expertos en energía antes de que comiencen sus audiencias de confirmación. En la carta fechada el martes, los senadores dijeron a Scott Pruitt, actual fiscal general de Oklahoma, que estaban preocupados por
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