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,
Oregon Senators: DACA renewals for some ‘dreamers’ rejected over postal delay
PORTLAND, Ore. – Some “dreamers” had their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program renewals rejected because of a U.S. Postal Service delay, and lawmakers urged the Department of Homeland Security to accept the applications. Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined several other senators in calling on the
Mick Mulvaney once called the CFPB a “sick, sad” joke. Now he might be in charge of it.
President Donald Trump’s rumored pick to temporarily head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a conservative budget-cutter who once called the agency a “sick, sad” joke. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney is, according to reports from Bloombergand CNN, under consideration to become interim director of the federal government’s consumer
Oregon Lawmakers Urging Trump Administration Not to Review Mineral Withdrawals
Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representative Peter DeFazio are urging the Trump administration not to pursue a request to review mineral withdrawals from the past eight years — including one in Southwestern Oregon. Wyden, Merkley and DeFazio wrote to US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and US
Capitol Hill rally calls for rejection of Jeff Mateer nomination
LGBT rights advocates, mothers of transgender children and congressional Democrats joined forces at a rally Tuesday before the U.S. Capitol to stand against the confirmation of Jeff Mateer to the federal judiciary, urging President Trump to withdraw the nomination. The nomination of Mateer to a federal judgeship in Texas has
Oregon senators call for an investigation concerning immigration policies
A 10-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy was detained on her way to receive a gallbladder surgery on October 24, due to her apprehension for being an undocumented immigrant. According to a United States Senate News Release, this incident took place en route to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi,
Trump environmental pick pressed at Senate hearing for comparing belief in climate change to paganism
(CNN) – President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the White House’s senior environmental adviser told a Senate committee Wednesday that controversial comments she made, including comparing the belief in global warming to paganism, were taken out of context but added there could have been some mistakes in her writings. CNN’s
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