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,
Elizabeth Warren y más de 100 demócratas de la Cámara critican la falta de diversidad en la Fed
The Federal Reserve System is one of the most important institutions in the entire American government. Its composition is also almost shockingly non-diverse, with zero African Americans or Latinos serving on the key panel whose decisions impact job creation and the pace of economic growth, despite fairly overwhelming evidence that
El senador de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, se suma al llamado para reducir la contaminación del aire en puertos y estaciones ferroviarias
NEWARK, Nueva Jersey – El senador de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, y otros cuatro senadores demócratas están pidiendo a los reguladores federales que hagan más para reducir la contaminación del aire alrededor de las ciudades portuarias y las estaciones ferroviarias. Los senadores de Nueva Jersey Bob Menéndez y Cory Booker, la senadora de Nueva York Kirsten Gillibrand y el senador de Illinois Dick Durbin se unieron a Merkley el miércoles.
Wyden y Merkley buscan limitar los costos de los medicamentos para las personas mayores
Los dos senadores estadounidenses de Oregón se quedaron perplejos ante los planes el miércoles para limitar los costos de los medicamentos recetados para las personas mayores y renovaron el llamado para que Medicare negocie los precios de los medicamentos, una prioridad demócrata desde hace mucho tiempo que ha sido respaldada por los tres principales candidatos presidenciales restantes. “Estos costos de medicamentos recetados solo están golpeando a las personas, especialmente a los
Merkley Prods Regulators on Credit Suisse Losses
Key Development: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) asks federal financial regulators whether large losses by Credit Suisse Group AG in distressed holdings might show whether the firm violated the Volcker Rule. A prominent Senate Banking Committee member is asking federal financial regulators whether large losses by Credit Suisse Group AG in
Merkley aplaude las nuevas normas de la FDA sobre el tabaco
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley D-Ore., released the following statement Thursday after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco deeming rule was finalized and will now go into effect: “The tobacco regulation rule announced today by the FDA is a critical milestone for public
Avanza el plan para excluir la minería cerca de Kalmiopsis
A plan to exclude mineral development on about 100,000 acres of federal land, to thwart a proposed nickel mine near the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, is nearing fruition. The U.S. Forest Service released its environmental assessment last week, and written comments will be accepted through May 27. The proposed mineral withdrawal would
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