Bend awarded $5 million federal grant to fuel affordable housing production
Bend Bulletin The city of Bend has received a $5 million grant intended to kickstart affordable housing supply, the federal government announced Wednesday. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grant set the course for the city to identify and address policies that slow affordable housing
Wyden, Merkley announce $30.1 million in ‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’ to Oregon counties; $6 million to C. Oregon
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that counties throughout Oregon will receive more than $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024, including over $6 million for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT
Wyden, Merkley, colleagues call on Postal Service to prepare for November election
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is leading Senate colleagues including fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service to share their plans to accommodate high volumes of mail expected in the upcoming 2024 general election in Oregon and nationwide.
Reaction: Walden vows to press on; Merkley urges GOP shift
After Friday’s move to withdraw the House Republican’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, one of the leaders of that effort, Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, said he will press ahead with health care reform efforts, while Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., called on the GOP to shift its focus to
Merkley Calls For Expanding Obamacare At Douglas County Town Hall
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley held a Town Hall-style meeting near his hometown in Douglas County Saturday morning. The Democrat was greeted by a crowd of supporters celebrating a victory for the Affordable Care Act. About 300 people cheered from gym bleachers during Senator Jeff Merkley’s town hall at Umpqua Community College in
One Senate Democrat makes the case for filibustering Neil Gorsuch
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has a message for his Democratic colleagues in the Senate: Don’t let Mitch McConnell fool you. On Wednesday afternoon, Politico reported that a handful of Senate Democrats are considering cutting a deal with the Republican majority leader to let Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court,
Trump’s proposed cut to school meals scheme branded ‘cruel and shameful’
Donald Trump’s plan to cut a school meals programme that has reached 40 million children worldwide has been branded “cruel and shameful” by US lawmakers. A $182m (£145m) bipartisan US aid enterprise, known as the McGovern-Dole food for education programme, has been described as life-changing by Republican and Democratic senators and
Merkley: “We Must Resist President Trump’s Dangerous Tilt Toward Authoritarianism”
In a half-hour Senate floor speech today, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) cited President Donald Trump’s attacks on the press as evidence of a “dangerous tilt toward authoritarianism” that must be resisted. “Throughout his candidacy, and now within the walls of the White House, President Trump has viciously, repeatedly attacked the media. He
Merkley, colleagues fight ‘dangerous’ cuts to EPA budget
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., led a group of 37 senators on Tuesday in opposing President Trump’s proposal to inflict a more than 30 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency budget. Expressing “extreme concern” over the cuts, the senators wrote to appropriations leaders, “During the President’s February 28, 2017
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