Bend awarded $5 million federal grant to fuel affordable housing production
Bend Bulletin The city of Bend has received a $5 million grant intended to kickstart affordable housing supply, the federal government announced Wednesday. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grant set the course for the city to identify and address policies that slow affordable housing
Wyden, Merkley announce $30.1 million in ‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’ to Oregon counties; $6 million to C. Oregon
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that counties throughout Oregon will receive more than $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024, including over $6 million for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT
Wyden, Merkley, colleagues call on Postal Service to prepare for November election
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is leading Senate colleagues including fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service to share their plans to accommodate high volumes of mail expected in the upcoming 2024 general election in Oregon and nationwide.
US Traveler Headed Home After Detainment in East Timor
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A globe-trotting veterinarian will return home six months to the day after she was arrested for being in the wrong car at the wrong time. Stacey Addison, 41, boarded a plane out of East Timor and landed in Singapore, completing the first leg of a trip that
Los senadores quieren que la FDA regule los cigarrillos electrónicos: "Simplemente no han actuado"
EUGENE, Oregon – Los senadores estadounidenses, incluido Jeff Merkley de Oregon, están pidiendo a la FDA que cambie la regulación de los cigarrillos electrónicos. Por teléfono desde Washington, DC, Merkley le dijo a KVAL News que quiere tres cosas para el 25 de abril: Recipientes de nicotina líquida a prueba de niños Restricciones a la venta de nicotina en sabores atractivos
El recorte por discapacidad sería una "sentencia de muerte", dice el jefe del Seguro Social
La falla del Congreso en apuntalar el Fondo Fiduciario del Seguro de Discapacidad del Seguro Social sería una “sentencia de muerte” para sus beneficiarios, dijo el miércoles el comisionado interino de la Administración del Seguro Social. En una audiencia del Comité de Presupuesto del Senado centrada en el fondo, el senador Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) preguntó qué sucedería
'Mejor para las personas y los peces'
ASHLAND — Bear Creek’s wild coho salmon will get more water without siphoning it away from irrigators under a $1 million grant that will help jump-start what could become a massive restructuring of irrigation deliveries in the Bear Creek Basin. The federal Bureau of Reclamation has awarded $1 million to
Senators call for VA benefits for post-Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange
Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange on contaminated C-123 aircraft after the Vietnam War deserve compensation and benefits, and the Veterans Administration should stop denying them, a bipartisan group of senators led by North Carolina’s Sen. Richard Burr and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon wrote in a letter on
Los legisladores presionan por regulaciones más estrictas sobre los cigarrillos electrónicos
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Un grupo de senadores estadounidenses está instando a la FDA a regular los cigarrillos electrónicos después de que un nuevo estudio supuestamente muestra que el “vapeo” puede contener altos niveles de formaldehído que causan cáncer. Un estudio de la Universidad Estatal de Portland afirma que niveles elevados de una forma oculta del cancerígeno formaldehído pueden
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