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,
SENATORS ASK IF WELLS FARGO WILL REVOKE $125 MILLION BONUSES FOR EXECUTIVE WHO OVERSAW FRAUD
Last week, regulators fined Wells Fargo $185 million for opening millions of bank account and credit cards without its customers’ permission. Now, five U.S. senators are asking the bank if it still plans to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to executives and board members who oversaw the practice. In the letter to Wells Fargo Chairman
Bill to clean up Columbia River basin passes U.S. Senate
A bill to clean up the Columbia River basin overwhelmingly passed the Senate Thursday and now moves on to the House. The Columbia Basin Restoration Act, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, sets up a grant program to get farmers, tribes and government entities to reduce their
Merkley calls for public health insurance option
Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., visited the North by Northeast Community Health Center Friday to talk with health care advocates about his efforts in the Senate to call for a public option, similar to Medicare, in the health insurance market. On Thursday, Merkley introduced a Senate resolution with Senators Charles E.
Progressives push for ‘public option’ health plan
WASHINGTON — Progressive senators and activists are launching a campaign Thursday calling for every American to have the choice of a public health insurance option. They aim to build on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s support for a public option with what they hope will be the biggest health care push
Senate Progressives, Activists Plan Big Public Option Push
WASHINGTON ? Progressive senators and liberal activist groups plan a renewed effort to achieve what they couldn’t when the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010: Create a “public option” health plan in Obamacare that consumers can choose instead of private insurance. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are
Columbia River tribes one step closer to federal government fulfilling housing promise
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday that would provide up to 50 new houses for Columbia River tribal members. Now it’s up to Congress to make it a reality. The bill calls for between 41 and 49 houses to be built near the Bonneville Dam for tribal members
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