Wyden, Merkley join rally as Eugene-area postal workers picket
The Register-Guard Postal workers, letter carriers and Oregon’s U.S. senators spoke outside the Local Processing Center in Springfield on Tuesday as part of a national day of action to protest consolidation in the Postal Service and advocate for the American Postal Workers Union as it negotiates its contract. Delivering for America The
Senator Merkley blasts court ruling lifting pause on election betting markets
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following statement Wednesday after a federal appeals court lifted a temporary freeze on election betting markets, a ruling that he said will immediately allow legal gambling on U.S. elections while the final verdict in the lawsuit is decided. The suit is
Your car knows more than you think: New law seeks to end data grab
KRON 4 The car is a trusty sidekick for many of us—taking us to work, the store, and maybe a weekend escape. But as U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley points out, it’s become much more: a mobile data-harvesting machine. His new legislation, the Car Privacy Rights Act, aims to pump the brakes on this
'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
President’s 2016 budget would reinstate timber payments
WASHINGTON — The 2016 budget released Monday by the White House calls for the reauthorization of timber payments, funds sage grouse conservation efforts and treats the largest wildfires as natural disasters. The spending initiatives are all familiar to Central Oregon. The Secure Rural Schools program, which compensated timbered counties for
El superintendente de Umatilla se unirá a Merkley para el discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley announced Friday that Umatilla Superintendent Heidi Sipe will accompany him as his guest to Washington, D.C., for the 2015 State of the Union Address, Tuesday. Merkley selected Sipe as his guest in recognition of the school district’s efforts to build a successful robotics program and for
Merkley liderará la lucha por la protección federal LGBT
WASHINGTON — A principios de este mes, el senador Jeff Merkley, demócrata por Oregón, anunció su intención de introducir una amplia legislación contra la discriminación que brindaría protección federal a lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y personas transgénero. El proyecto de ley, que Merkley planea presentar en algún momento después de que el 114º Congreso preste juramento el 6 de enero, estará diseñado para
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