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,
Wyden, Merkley: Reanudan el Congreso por la crisis del Zika
PORTLAND, Ore. – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined with 39 other Senate Democrats Thursday in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan urging the Republican leaders to immediately call Congress back into session to pass emergency funding legislation to address the
Jeff Merkley: Oregon’s man of the hour
Oregon’s progressive U.S. senator is separating himself from the pack in the fight against global warming, housing crisis, political corruption U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has made a big splash in his eight years in the Senate. One of the Senate’s most progressive lawmakers, he made headlines when he became the
Los cerveceros locales aplauden las disposiciones del senador de Oregón en la fusión de los gigantes cerveceros
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced several provisions Thursday in Portland that will take some of the bite out of a major beer merger. AB Inbev and SABMiller filed for a merger and that had many craft brewers across the country worried that they would not be
Sens. Brown, Merkley Want More Info From Regulators About Fintech Oversight
Sens. Sherrod Brown and Jeff Merkley called on financial regulators to provide more information about their oversight of fintech companies, while raising concerns that a murky framework could be harmful to consumers and small businesses. Brown, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Merkley, the top Democrat on the
Merkley planea impulso de energía renovable 100%
El senador demócrata de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, planea presentar varios proyectos de ley en los próximos meses para trasladar la combinación energética de Estados Unidos a fuentes 100 por ciento renovables para mediados de siglo. El plan cuenta con el respaldo de ambientalistas como el cofundador de 350.org, Bill McKibben. Merkley hizo el anuncio la semana pasada en la conferencia Netroots Nation en
El proyecto de ley del senador pondría a EE. UU. en el camino de la energía limpia 100% para 2050
El senador Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) presentará un proyecto de ley este otoño para poner a Estados Unidos en el camino de obtener el 100 por ciento de su energía de fuentes de energía limpia, anunció el senador en un foro en St. Louis esta mañana. Merkley hizo el anuncio en la conferencia Netroots Nation 2016, diciendo