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.
Sen. Merkley Strongly Disagrees with President Trump’s Move to add Pipelines
Washington, D.C. – Issuing a critical statement after President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said the President’s actions were designed to “ram through” the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. “The proposed Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines have inspired unprecedented grassroots opposition, and for
Sen. Merkley on Trump’s border plan: ’21-foot ladder defeats a 20-foot wall’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is calling Trump’s border wall plan a waste of “scarce resources,” after the President said Wednesday that the wall will be built within “months.” READ MORE: Trump says border wall construction will begin in ‘months,’ US taxpayers to be reimbursed Trump Wednesday signed two
Oregon’s congressional Democrats call on Trump to unfreeze EPA funds
Oregon’s congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, calling on him to unfreeze Environmental Protection Agency contracts and grants, while also asking the president to allow agency staff to speak with the media and respond to Congressional inquiries. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley signed the
Sen. Jeff Merkley to Portland demonstrators: ‘We need your involvement now more than ever’
More than 100 people rallied outside Sen. Jeff Merkley’s downtown Portland office Tuesday, thanking the senator for his opposition to some of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and voicing their disdain for the president’s picks. Merkley was expecting the demonstrators, and his state director read a statement on his behalf
Merkley slams Trump move to allow pipelines
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued a sharply critical statement Tuesday after President Trump signed an executive order the lawmaker said was designed to “ram through” the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. “The proposed Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines have inspired unprecedented grassroots opposition, and for good reason: They
Sen. Jeff Merkley Pins Down Trump’s Nominee For Top Budget Post on “Alternative Facts”
Today the Senate Budget Committee grilled U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget. As an aide held up photos of the crowd from the 2009 inauguration of former President Barack Obama and the 2017 Trump inauguration, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley
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