Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Filling the Gender Gap in Portland’s Construction Industry
Connie Ashbrook has seen hundreds of women pass through Oregon Tradeswomen Inc.’s (OTI) pre-apprenticeships since she helped found the organization in 1989. One that sticks out in her memory is a 24-year-old student who relocated to Portland, Oregon, all the way from Wyoming because she wanted a career that mixed brain with
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