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.
Merkley praises Biden action to reunite separated children
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has praised President Joe Biden’s latest executive order that seeks to reunite children separated from their migrant families at the border with Mexico under a now-revoked policy instituted by former President Donald Trump. The Oregon Democrat drew national attention to that “zero-tolerance” policy for unauthorized border
Questions for Senator Merkley
LABOR PRESS: 4,000 Americans are dying every day of COVID who didn’t have to die. 10 million are out of work. Global warming is melting the ice caps and contributing to superstorms and terrifying forest fires. We have the worst economic inequality in a century. There’s also a crime wave,
Oregon senators press Biden admin to act on Saudi Arabia’s role in fugitives fleeing U.S.
U.S Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are asking the Biden administration to take action against the government of Saudi Arabia for its suspected role in whisking its citizens out of the United States to escape criminal prosecution, renewing their years-long effort that the president’s predecessor rebuffed. “We urge you
Sen. Merkley: ‘We are starting a new chapter in America’
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, fresh from his own third-term victory, offered a mix of personal observations and political comments Wednesday, Jan. 20, after he watched Joe Biden take the oath as the nation’s 46th president. Outgoing Republican Donald Trump chose not to attend the ceremony, something Merkley said Trump should
Merkley Legislation to Renew Democracy, Take Big Money Out of Politics Will Be First Bill for New Majority; Merkley, Schumer, Klobuchar Announce that For the People Act will be S.1
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and incoming Chair of the Senate Rules Committee Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that the Senate Democratic majority’s first bill in the new Congress will be Merkley’s For the People Act, comprehensive legislation to strengthen and reform our democracy. The For
‘Today is cause for celebration and resolve’: Oregon leaders react to presidential inauguration of Biden, Harris
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday morning and Oregon leaders responded to the moment. Here’s a look at what they had to say: Gov. Kate Brown (D-Ore.): “Today marks a new chapter for our country as we welcome President Joseph R. Biden
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