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,
Merkley opposes Sessions as AG, reacts to rebuke
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., took the 2-4 a.m. shift on the Senate floor early Wednesday as Democrats protested the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be the nation’s next attorney general, but a majority of colleagues confirmed President Trump’s choice later in the day. Much of the
Jeff Merkley Defies Senate Republican Leader by Reading Coretta Scott King’s Words on the Floor of Congress
Oregon’s junior senator just did something that qualifies as remarkable in the current political climate: He read a letter by Coretta Scott King on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Earlier tonight, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) squelched Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) in a floor debate tonight on
Wyden, Merkley Co-Sponsor Bill to Bring “Atomic Cleanup Veterans” The Health Care They Need
Washington, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill to bring key health care benefits to “Atomic Veterans” exposed to high levels of harmful radiation when assigned to clean up nuclear testing sites during the late 1970’s. The bipartisan Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity
Why Betsy DeVos is Trump’s most contentious Cabinet nominee
WASHINGTON — The debate over Betsy DeVos followed senators home this weekend as protests popped up outside the state offices of several GOP members. In Washington the pressure is even more intense. The Senate switchboard is swamped by hundreds of thousands of phone calls. Some Democratic senators even took their
Merkley, other Democrats plan 24-hour hold on Senate floor to protest DeVos
Democratic senators are in the process of holding the U.S. Senate floor for 24 hours in protest to President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, including Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. Oregon’s junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley tweeted that he’s taking to the floor for an hour starting at 2 a.m. PST
Iranian baby girl caught in Trump travel ban headed to US, governor says
(CNN)An Iranian infant with a heart defect is entangled in President Trump’s immigration ban — and her extended family in Oregon is on an urgent mission to get her to the US for critical surgery. Fatemeh’s parents were scheduled to meet with doctors in Portland on February 5, but were
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