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,
RSD Receives Grant for 2017 Snowstorms
REDMOND, OR — The Redmond School District is the latest to receive federal funds as reimbursement for costs incurred during last winter’s extreme weather. Redmond Schools will receive a $464,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to recoup the expense of removing snow from roofs during a January 2017 storm.
Democrats to Trump’s CFPB chief: Who’s looking out for consumers?
Now the White House wants to weaken his office even further. And many Democrats are asking: Can the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau still protect consumers? The bureau was created by the 2010 financial reform law known as Dodd-Frank. Its mission was to protect American consumers from predatory lenders and bullying debt
Anxiety on both sides as Senate opens debate on Dreamers, immigration
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — Hours before the Senate voted by a margin of 97-1 to launch an open debate on immigration reform Monday, President Donald Trump said it is up to Democrats to determine the fate of the vulnerable faction of young undocumented immigrants who have become the focus of
Senators Merkley And Wyden Oppose Trump Off-Shore Drilling Plan
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is taking input on the Administration’s plan to open waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans to oil drilling. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden says that would endanger the Oregon Coast’s environment, and fishing industry. “The lasting economic uncertainty and ultimate environmental degradation is not worth
Trump calls Democrats ‘treasonous’ for chilly State of the Union reception
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of being “un-American” and “treasonous” for their lack of applause during his State of the Union address last week when he spoke of rising wages and historically low African-American unemployment. “They would rather see Trump do badly than our country
White House to withdraw environmental pick’s nomination
(CNN)The White House plans to withdraw Kathleen Hartnett White’s nomination to head the Council on Environmental Quality, a White House official confirmed to CNN Saturday. The Washington Post first reported the plan to drop the nomination. CNN’s KFile reported Hartnett White, who would have overseen environmental and energy policies across the government, had
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