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
U.S. House OKs bank access for cannabis industry; bill moves to Senate
EUGENE, Ore. – The landmark SAFE Banking Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 321-103 on Wednesday afternoon. If it becomes law, the bill would allow banks to Advocates say it’s about public safety, saying it’s safer to work with credit and debit cards than strictly cash, which
Latest on vaping illnesses: Hundreds more cases expected; lawmakers try to clamp down on e-cigarettes
The vaping-related epidemic of severe lung disease is far from over as health officials warned Tuesday of hundreds of new cases to come with no clear idea of what precisely is causing the illnesses. The testimony before Congress by Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director at the federal Centers of Disease
Commissioners lobby for PILT, SRS funding in Washington, D.C.
Grant County commissioners Jim Hamsher and Sam Palmer arrived in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9 for a four-day stay that included a visit to Capitol Hill on Sept. 11 to advocate for more permanent solutions for Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and Secure Rural Schools (SRS) funding. The two
How Jeff Merkley Is Helping to Keep the Nation’s Eyes on the Border Crisis
Sitting in his Portland office with Mount Hood glittering behind him, Jeff Merkley thumbs through his iPhone photos. Images shot through chain-link fences show people huddled together. Here’s a family lying side by side on a green floor mat, arms touching; here’s a father, cradling his infant. These pictures are from detention
Climate strike hits Enterprise
On Friday, Sept. 20, an estimated 4 million people worldwide walked out of classes and off their jobs to demand that governments and corporations take action to limit climate change. Many were students in high school and college. (Portland public schools and many other educational institutions provided excused absences to
Downtown march backs nurses at Columbia Memorial
Hundreds of union members and other supporters, including U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, marched through downtown Astoria on Saturday during a rally for Columbia Memorial Hospital nurses, who are in a protracted labor dispute with hospital administrators. The Oregon Nurses Association, a union representing more than 120 nurses at the Astoria
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