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,
5 Times Trump’s Pick For Top Environmental Adviser Struggled To Defend Her Climate Denial
Kathleen Hartnett White stammered, sighed and sat silent for seconds on end on Wednesday throughout her Senate hearing to be confirmed as the new head of the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality. It was an unusually tongue-tied performance for someone who has been a bombastic critic of climate and
Senators sound alarm on alleged persecution of LGBTQ Azerbaijan citizens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of senators, including a two senators from Oregon, are calling for an investigation into reports of persecution of LGBTQ people in the country of Azerbaijan. Senator Ron Wyden said he’s joined Senator Jeff Merkley and other in a bipartisan request for Secretary of State Rex
Dems push clearer GMO labeling
Senate Democrats are pushing the Agriculture Department to create a labeling standard for products made with genetically modified organisms (GMO) that is consumer-friendly. Congress passed a law in July ordering the agency to create a national labeling standard within two years. The law allows food producers to use QR codes that can
What Trump is missing by skipping the DMZ
Lawmakers who have visited the 2.5-mile-wide demilitarized zone between North and South Korea say President Donald Trump should make the trek as well — and that it would teach him a lot about the real-life consequences of “fire and fury.” The DMZ isn’t on the itinerary for Trump’s 13-day Asia
Merkley on GOP tax plan: ‘An incredibly cynical bank heist’
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday unveiled a tax cut plan that would slash the corporate rate and lower the personal taxes of most Americans but also limit a cherished deduction for homeowners, as President Donald Trump and the GOP seek to deliver on the first tax revamp in
Wyden, Merkley chide Zinke over monument report
Oregon’s two Democratic U.S. senators Wednesday pushed back against the still-unreleased Trump administration report recommending downsizing of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, citing inaccuracies and lack of transparency in its development. In a Wednesday letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said the
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