Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Legisladores critican al jefe de la Fed de Nueva York por supervisión laxa
WASHINGTON—The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York defended the regulator’s oversight of large financial firms amid tough questioning from Senate Democrats, who accused the Fed of kowtowing to the biggest banks. William Dudley , the New York Fed’s president appearing at a Senate hearing, denied his institution has
EPA reconsidering biomass
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency signaled Wednesday that it may be more open to considering timber byproducts and other biomass as an energy source that fits within the Obama administration’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In a memo to all of the agency’s regional air directors, Janet G. McCabe,
El Senador Merkley Argumenta Contra el Oleoducto Keystone en el Senado
WASHINGTON, DC — La controvertida votación del oleoducto Keystone en el Senado el martes fue derrotada por un voto. La votación habría permitido a Canadá construir una línea de transporte a través de Estados Unidos hasta el Golfo de México. La senadora de Luisiana Mary Landrieu se encuentra en una reñida segunda vuelta en diciembre y esperaba ganar
Klamath bills pass Senate committee
A settlement aimed at solving decades-old water conflicts in the Klamath Basin moved one step closer to becoming a reality Thursday. The Klamath Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act, Senate Bill 2379, passed through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The vote was 17-5. Officials hope the bill, which
El equipo de robótica de UHS recibe la visita del senador Jeff Merkley
La escuela secundaria Umatilla no fue originalmente una parada en su gira por 50 ciudades en el estado de Oregon, pero cuando la superintendente de Umatilla, Heidi Sipe, invitó al senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley a ver el programa de robótica de UHS, no pudo dejar pasar la oportunidad. . El domingo, Merkley se aventuró a visitar la UHS para charlar.
Mi título universitario no vale nada.
Rosalyn Harris, una madre soltera desempleada que nunca había ido a la universidad, pensó que obtener un título sería el boleto a una nueva vida. Entonces, a los 23 años, se matriculó en un programa de justicia penal de dos años en el Everest College, una organización con fines de lucro en Chesapeake, Virginia. Pero la gran cantidad de oportunidades laborales que
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