Feds provide $1 million to rehab farmworker housing
News-Register McMinnville nonprofit Community Home Builders has been awarded nearly $1 million in federal grant funds to rehabilitate 24 units of agricultural worker housing at Villa del Sol apartments in east McMinnville. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas announced the award of $956,333 from the
OREGON AND FOUR TRIBES EARN OVER $12 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS-GRID RESILIENCE
KQEN On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well as Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Val Hoyle announced that Oregon’s Energy Department has secured $10.9 million and four Tribes with members in Oregon have earned a combined $1.16 million in federal investment. A joint release said this is to
Americans bet $100 million on Trump v. Harris, but at what cost?
NPRAn election betting advertisement flashed on screen during coverage of former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden this weekend on the Right Side Broadcasting Network, a conservative media company. “Bet on the US election,” the ad for Kalshi said as Trump spoke on stage. “Bet $100 on Trump,
Merkley, colleagues intro ‘Debt-Free College Act’
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined 32 other Democrat senators Thursday in introducing the Debt-Free College Act, legislation that will reverse the growing student debt crisis in the United States. The bill creates a path for students to be able to attend public colleges without taking on debt. “I was
Federal spending bill to tackle “fire borrowing”
A federal spending bill has a chance to solve one of wildland firefighting’s longstanding problems. The $1.3 trillion federal budget bill, approved after midnight Friday morning, includes a provision that sets aside around $20 billion over 10 years to create an emergency fund for wildfire prevention. Proponents, including Oregon’s two
Senator stops by
JORDAN VALLEY — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, stopped in two of Oregon’s smaller communities for his town halls in Malheur and Harney counties on Sunday, before heading back to Washington D.C. Merkley who is known for changing the locations of his town halls, was in Jordan Valley and Huntington
GOP-led House committee: No collusion; Trump tweets
(RNN) – House Republicans on the Intelligence Committee effectively closed an investigation into collusion between Russia and the Trump 2016 presidential campaign on Monday, declaring none was found. The House investigation is one of three prominent inquiries into the matter, the others being perhaps the most significant one, special counsel
A conversation with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley
Last week, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) held a town hall meeting at the Senior Center in St. Helens. Despite the snow, several citizens came out to voice their concerns and ask Merkley their questions, which largely centered on gun control in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. Before
USFS: Mineral withdrawal to stay unchanged
The U.S. Forest Service has announced it will not revisit a mineral withdrawal hundreds of citizens in Curry and Del Norte counties fought for last year. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Rep. Peter DeFazio, introduced the Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act in 2015 to protect
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