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.
Senate to hold hearing on Wells Fargo’s aggressive sales tactics
The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing next week on the aggressive sales tactics by Wells Fargo & Co. employees that led to a $185-million settlement package with federal and state regulators. The decision by the panel’s chairman, Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), to look into the matter came Monday night just hours
Wells Fargo Offers Regrets, but Doesn’t Admit Misconduct
Wells Fargo was flowing with regrets on Friday, taking out ads in nearly a dozen newspapers saying the bank took “full responsibility” for creating sham bank accounts without its customers’ permission. The bank’s chief executive officer, John Stumpf, even called one prominent Democrat in Congress to express his willingness to assume
There’s A New Front In The Battle Over The Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has taken a drubbing from all directions during the presidential campaign, will not get a vote before the election. But as Congress returns to Capitol Hill from a seven-week break, the battle over the TPP continues. The fight has been given renewed urgency by revelations about the
Sanders, Merkley back McConnell decision to skip TPP vote
Two Senate Democrats said Friday they support a decision by Majority Leader Mitch McConnellto forgo a vote on a sweeping Pacific Rim trade agreement this year. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) applauded McConnell for saying this week that he won’t give the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) a vote this year and would instead
Mayor Stevie Burden thanks congressional delegation for help in spurring reopening of Wheeler Post Office
WHEELER, Ore. – More than seven months after it closed due to flood damage, the Wheeler Post Office reopened with a little help from Oregon’s congressional delegation. “Sen. (Jeff) Merkley (D-Oregon) called (the U.S. Postal Service) to find out when it would open, and, 10 days later, we had a post
How Predatory Payday Lenders Plot to Fight Government Regulation
Months before a federal agency proposed a new rule threatening the profits of exploitative payday lenders across America, the industry’s leaders gathered at a posh resort in the Bahamas to prepare for war. At the March strategy session, Gil Rudolph of Greenberg Traurig, one of several law firms working with the lenders,
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