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.
Sen. Merkley speaks on short-term deal to avert governoment shutdown
The big story on Capitol Hill this week is the debt ceiling showdown between Democrats in Republicans. Last week, the two parties drafted a short-term deal to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debts, averting a self-inflicted government crisis, for now. “It’s absolutely essential to maintaining the credit of
Senate Democrats considering nuking filibuster for debt limit bills
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats, looking for a way to raise the debt limit without Republican support, are considering changing the chamber’s rules and allowing the debt limit to be increased with a simple majority. Creating a new exception to the filibuster is gaining support among Senate Democrats, four sources with
Democrat senators push for climate change investment
With Congress working hard to approve funding to keep the government open, Democratic senators from the West Coast said the budget must include funding to deal with climate change. During a press call Wednesday, the senators, led by Patty Murray from Washington and Oregon’s two senators, said the country cannot
City Council urges Congress to end forced labor in prisons
City Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday urging Congress to strike the slavery clause from the U.S. Constitution. The move supports Senate Joint Resolution 21 and House Joint Resolution 53. These pieces of legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams propose a constitutional amendment that
Uyghur refugee: U.S. must stop buying Chinese slave labor products
A Uyghur refugee is advocating passage of bipartisan legislation that would prevent Chinese goods made by Uyghur slave labor from entering the U.S. market. Kuzzat Altay, 36, a Uyghur-American tech entrepreneur and human rights activist, arrived in the U.S. in 2008 as a refugee with no English skills and few
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