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,
Betsy DeVos: It Is Not The Education Department’s Job To Protect LGBTQ Students
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that her agency would not give federal funds to private schools that defy federal antidiscrimination laws. However, she suggested it is not the Department of Education’s job to prevent discrimination against students in cases in which federal antidiscrimination laws are murky, such as
Senate Dems hammer DeVos on proposed education cuts
Senate Democrats hammered Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday as she tried to defend President Trump’s plan to cut $9 billion in education funding. Members of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee pressed her to justify proposed cuts to after-school programs, teacher training and federal funding to help students in need attend
Oregon delegation calls on Congress to honor victims of Portland attack, help fight bigotry
A joint resolution from Oregon’s congressional delegation is calling on Congress to honor the victims of the May 26 MAX train attack in Portland and support local and national efforts to combat bigotry. “The attack last Friday was a profoundly moving national event, and it deserves national attention,” U.S. Rep.
Gov. Brown, Merkley decry president’s climate change move
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Sen. Jeff Merkley expressed serious displeasure with President Trump’s move to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate change accord. Gov. Brown issued this statement: “Climate change poses the greatest threat to Oregon’s environment, economy, and way of life. Oregon has a
Democrats slam Trump’s plan to leave Paris agreement: “One of the worst foreign policy blunders”
Democrats on Capital Hill responded to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will leave the Paris climate agreement with dire warnings about the future of the globe. In a statement, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said the decision “could go down as one of the worst foreign policy blunders in our nation’s
HARBOR HELP: Depoe Bay, Yaquina to get dredging funds
Depoe Bay city officials say the city is facing an economic emergency. Heavy spring and winter rains have sent enormous amounts of silt into the Depoe Bay Harbor clogging the water way during low tides. The debris blocks vessels from fueling up at the harbor fuel dock, which adversely impacts
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