Warm Springs radio station KWSO gets nearly $160,000 infusion from FEMA
Central Oregon Daily A community radio station owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is getting a financial infusion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is granting $158,749 to KWSO-FM. This will be used to upgrade the station’s broadcast transmissions and warning systems, which are needed
Oregon leaders call on U.S. government for help, flexibility to help ranchers
Oregon Capital Chronicle The wildfires this season have scorched a record 1.5 million acres, forcing ranchers to move their cattle as flames approached while also fighting fires to save their homes This summer’s historic wildfires in Oregon have taken a toll on ranchers and their more than a million cows and
Klamath Community College receives grant to aid veteran students in obtaining commercial driver’s licenses, safety training
Herald and News Oregon’s U.S. senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced this week the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding Klamath Community College and Linn-Benton Community College a combined total of $265,829 to grow their commercial driver’s license (CDL) programs. A CDL is needed for careers operating large
Wyden, Merkley seek $68M for air quality boosts
Oregon’s two U.S. senators have called for bolstered federal air quality funding after Portlanders expressed concerns about recently uncovered issues. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley want about $50 million more in funds for the Environmental Protection Agency. The money would allow for more air pollutant monitoring as well as technical assistance for companies
Oregon receives $60 million from federal rural program
A federal program that funnels money to roads and schools in rural parts of the country will send around $3.8 million to Central Oregon this year, a number that has steadily declined in recent years. The fund will send more than $1.6 million each to Deschutes and Crook counties and
Oregon receives $60 million from federal rural program
A federal program that funnels money to roads and schools in rural parts of the country will send around $3.8 million to Central Oregon this year, a number that has steadily declined in recent years. The fund will send more than $1.6 million each to Deschutes and Crook counties and
These Senators Want to Reign in Activist Investors
As shareholder activism reaches unprecedented levels Democrats are taking aim at a new Wall Street target—activist investors. A new bill sponsored by two Senate Democrats, which would tighten disclosure rules for activists, comes at a time when shareholder activism is at an all-time high. The proposed legislation, sponsored by Wisconsin
There Is A New Plan To Stop Wall Street Raiders From Preying On Main Street Companies
WASHINGTON — A new Senate bill tries to make it just a little bit harder for activist hedge funds to exploit healthy companies rather than invest in their future. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Brokaw Acton Thursday, which would strengthen disclosure requirements for activist hedge
Bernie Sanders y Elizabeth Warren van tras los fondos de cobertura activistas
Los senadores Elizabeth Warren de Massachusetts y Bernie Sanders de Vermont van tras los fondos de cobertura activistas. Los senadores han patrocinado un proyecto de ley que busca aumentar la transparencia y la supervisión de los inversionistas activistas que adquieren grandes participaciones en las empresas, generalmente con el objetivo de obtener puestos en la junta y estimular el cambio dentro de las empresas.
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