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.
Senator seeks Oregon students to work in D.C.
U.S. Senate seeks student pages High school juniors and seniors looking to work for the U.S. Senate can put their names in the hat now. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, is taking applications from students to join the summer 2017 Senate page program. Pages help deliver bills, correspondence and legislative material
As legal troubles mount, Wells Fargo sets aside more money to deal with fallout from accounts scandal
Wells Fargo’s legal troubles are building, the San Francisco bank confirmed on Thursday, noting that the Securities and Exchange Commission is now looking into its sham accounts scandal. The bank has struggled to contain the damage from its acknowledgement in September that thousands of its employees opened accounts customers didn’t ask for,
SEC Probing Wells Fargo Around Sales-Practice Disclosures
The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether Wells Fargo & Co. violated rules around investor disclosures and other matters relating to its recent sales tactics scandal, people familiar with the matter said. The SEC sent requests for information to the bank asking for documents in recent weeks, following three Democratic senators’ calls in late September for the SEC to
Twelve U.S. senators urge security rejection of China aluminum M&A deal
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Twelve U.S. senators urged on Wednesday that a national security review panel reject Chinese aluminum giant Zhongwang International Group Ltd’s proposed $2.3 billion purchase of U.S. aluminum products maker Aleris Corp . The senators asked Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in a letter to launch a
Cascade-Siskiyou monument to grow?
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., wants the public’s views on expanding the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. A 2000 presidential proclamation formed the existing approximately 62,000-acre monument in Southern Oregon, southeast of Ashland. It covers Bureau of Land Management land where the Cascade, Siskiyou and Klamath mountain ranges converge. Oregon Sens. Merkley and
Northwest senators urge U.S. to pick Oregon for wave test center
U.S. senators from the Pacific Northwest have joined the push to convince the federal government to build the nation’s first grid-connected wave energy device test center off the Oregon coast. The four Democrats and two Republicans from Oregon, Washington and Alaska took their message late last week to Energy Secretary Ernest
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