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,
West Coast senators lead bipartisan bid to save Sea Grant program from Trump
A key senior Republican senator has joined Democrats in seeking to save the National Sea Grant Program, used as a tool by the University of Washington and schools in 31 states to keep oceans healthy and fisheries sustainable. The $73 million program, important to coastal towns on the Atlantic, Pacific
Sen. Merkley: ‘We’re going to stop this attack on rural America’
PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, made a point Monday to try and win over President Donald Trump’s strongest base of supporters — rural Americans — by pointing out things in the president’s proposed budget that the senator says may hurt them. “He wants to cut the Coast Guard;
Portland VA to temporarily stop removing vets from caregiver program
Under pressure from Oregon’s congressional leaders, the Portland VA said Monday that it has temporarily stopped removing people from a program that pays spouses of disabled veterans to be caregivers. Daniel Herrigstad, a Portland VA spokesman, said the suspension affected one veteran whose eligibility was being actively reviewed. The halt
Merkley calls ‘nuclear option’ a ‘knife into the heart’ of the republic
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley didn’t mince words in attacking the change in rules put in place by Senate Republicans to push through the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, calling the move a “judicial coup.” Democratic lawmakers successfully filibustered the nomination Thursday morning, but it was a foregone conclusion.
Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley Speaks All Night to Protest Gorsuch Nomination
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening and spoke through the night in protest of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, ending his marathon speech Wednesday morning. Mr. Merkley, a Democrat who was one of the earliest to come out in opposition to Judge Gorsuch
Oregon senator ends marathon Senate speech after 15 hours
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) stepped onto the Senate floor around 6:45 pm Tuesday night to begin a marathon speech in protest of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Fifteen and a half hours later, he left. “By stealing a Supreme Court seat for the first time in American history, the
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