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 y Merkley presionan para limitar los precios de los medicamentos recetados, lo que permite que Medicare negocie
Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley llegaron a Portland el miércoles para abogar por una legislación federal que limitaría los costos de los medicamentos recetados para las personas mayores. “Estos costos de medicamentos recetados están afectando a las personas mayores en Oregón y en todo el país”, dijo Wyden, demócrata y copatrocinador del proyecto de ley. “Es una receta de castigo, tantos costos
Regulatory Scrutiny Heats Up On Fintech Firms
As the burgeoning online lending industry braces for a wave of scrutiny from U.S. policy makers, leading financial-technology firms are scrambling in Washington to figure out who’s a friend and who’s a potential foe. Prominent small business lenders including On Deck Capital Inc., Kabbage Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. have
¿Jodido por una universidad con fines de lucro? Probablemente usted renunció a su derecho a demandar
Cuando Corinthian Colleges Inc. colapsó, dejando a miles de estudiantes en la estacada con deudas de préstamos estudiantiles y créditos que no sabían que serían utilizables en otras escuelas, generalmente no pudieron demandar al fracasado educador con fines de lucro porque los estudiantes, sin saberlo, habían Renunció a su derecho a un jurado.
Wyden, Merkley seek to restore funding for NW fish screens
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation Thursday they said would protect fish populations and habitats while allowing for continued water supplies for irrigation and other uses in the Pacific Northwest. The Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA) would reauthorize a voluntary, cost-share program the U.S. Fish
El Senado vota para restablecer la financiación para la investigación y el desarrollo de la energía eólica
El Senado de Estados Unidos aprobó una enmienda el 26 de abril que restablecería la financiación para la investigación y el desarrollo (I+D) de energía eólica en el año fiscal 2017 a $96,4 millones, la misma cantidad financiada este año fiscal. La enmienda fue aprobada por 54 votos a favor y 42 en contra como parte de la consideración del Senado sobre el Proyecto de Energía y
Dems Will Urge GOP House Leaders To Hold Hearing On LGBT-Rights Bill
The Equality Act was introduced with gusto last summer — a cabaret of celebrity Democratic Congress members taking turns at a lectern extolling the bill to ban LGBT discrimination federally. But nine months later, the legislation languishes without a hearing. On Thursday morning, several of those same lawmakers will press
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