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,
Oregonians stand up to Trump
As Donald Trump refused to back down from his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, condemnation rained down on the candidate from Atlantic to Pacific, including here in the Mid-Valley. The outrage was fueled by a simple question: Is fear-mongering a policy worthy of a great and
Los oregonianos abordan el cambio climático en París
Dos destacados habitantes de Oregón estuvieron en Francia el viernes para la conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el cambio climático. El alcalde de Portland, Charlie Hales, habló en un panel titulado "Financiamiento de la acción de la ciudad". Hales dijo que la acción sobre el cambio climático ocurre lentamente a nivel nacional, pero puede ser mucho más rápida a nivel local. Dio el ejemplo del reciente fósil de Portland.
Los demócratas aseguran al mundo que Estados Unidos está comprometido con los objetivos climáticos
PARÍS – Todo estará bien. Ese fue el mensaje de 10 miembros demócratas del Senado de Estados Unidos que asistieron a las conversaciones sobre el clima de París para asegurar a otros países que Washington haría su parte. De los 195 países que participan en las conversaciones, Estados Unidos parece
Fed Weighs Tightening Revolving-Door Curbs
The Federal Reserve is weighing new measures to tighten the restraints it imposes on bank examiners who leave the central bank for jobs with financial institutions, following questions of a revolving door between the regulator and Wall Street. The move would enhance a series of existing curbs the Fed places
VA legislation could increase staff, lower waits for care
The Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and others across the nation, could have an easier time filling vacancies under a new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. And that could mean shorter waits for veterans seeking care. The Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act was introduced by Oregon Democratic
Bernie Sanders y Jeff Merkley tienen un nuevo proyecto de ley para dejar los combustibles fósiles bajo tierra
Como escribí la semana pasada en una publicación sobre política climática del lado de la oferta... no hay mucho de eso hasta ahora. Muchos gobiernos han estado dispuestos a aprobar leyes que reducirían la demanda de combustibles fósiles (impulsando las energías renovables o imponiendo estándares de eficiencia energética, por ejemplo). Pero pocos han estado dispuestos a
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