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.
Poor sanitation, safety targeted in bill to improve Columbia River tribal fishing sites
Oregon and Washington legislators are again asking for money to improve the deplorable safety and sanitation conditions at Columbia River tribal fishing sites. They introduced a bill Tuesday that would upgrade the living conditions for Native American fishing crews while they wait for new villages to be built in the
Senate Democrats seek to rescind Trump border-wall order
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined 22 other senators late last week in introducing legislation to rescind President Trump’s executive order to construct a border wall and ramp up deportations and detentions of undocumented immigrants. Trump’s executive order, signed January 25, mandates the immediate planning and construction
Oregon delegation seeks winter storms disaster declaration
WASHINGTON – Oregon’s congressional delegation is asking the White House to determine that weather-related losses across the state from January’s storms merit a disaster declaration. A federal disaster declaration would trigger the ability for local governments and residents to seek federal aid, the lawmakers said Friday. “Communities in Oregon have
Merkley town hall draws anxious crowd
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley walked into the Ridgeview High School gym Saturday to a standing ovation from hundreds of anxious local citizens who brought a long list of questions about President Donald Trump and his administration. Merkley, a Democrat from Portland, spoke bluntly at the afternoon town hall meeting, raising
Trump’s budget poses a major threat to the environment, public health
After months of promises, both on the campaign trail and since assuming office, to deliver deep cuts to the federal government, the Trump administration has finally released its proposed “skinny budget,” a top-line draft of the president’s proposals for 2018. And with deep cuts to science and environmental programs, critics
Citing Anti-Semitic Incidents in Portland, Oregon Democrats Seek to Toughen State, National Hate Crimes Laws
Oregon’s U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, issued a joint statement today announcing their support for tougher federal hate crimes laws, and cited anti-Semitic incidents described by WW this week. The Senators co-sponsored the NO HATE Act, a bill introduced yesterday by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), which provides “incentives for hate crime reporting,
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