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,
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill To Completely Ditch Fossil Fuels By 2050
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) knows the bill he introduced on Thursday to transition the United States to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 probably won’t become law anytime soon. But, as one of the Senate’s most hawkish environmentalists, this is his moonshot. “It’s the equivalent of Kennedy saying ‘we’re going
Merkley reintroduces bill to block Arctic Ocean drilling
WASHINGTON – In response to President Trump’s executive orders removing protections and moving to reopen risky offshore drilling, Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday reintroduced the Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, a major piece of legislation to permanently protect the Arctic from offshore drilling. The legislation would prevent any new or
Merkley bill would phase out fossil fuels, invest in clean energy
A climate change bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Thursday is a very important step in the right direction, according to Douglas County Global Warming Coalition board member Stuart Liebowitz. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, held a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol Thursday on the “100 by
Laying a road map for states, liberal senators introduce bill to end U.S. fossil fuel use by 2050
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced legislation Thursday that calls on the U.S. to transition off fossil fuels by 2050, hoping to spur action on the state and local level, even as the Trump administration pushes for expanded coal, oil and natural gas
Merkley, Sanders goal: U.S. on all renewables by 2050
WASHINGTON – Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced landmark climate legislation Thursday that would transition the United States to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by no later than 2050. The “100 by ’50 Act” lays
Dem senator shreds Trump’s tax plan as a $2 trillion giveaway to corporate America in epic Tweetstorm
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) laced into President Donald Trump’s proposed tax plan on Wednesday by pointing out that it amounts to a massive $2 trillion giveaway to corporate America. “Trump’s 15% corporate tax rate plan would REDUCE federal revenue by $2 trillion over next 10 years,” he wrote on Twitter. “Another
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