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,
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,
Editorial: Social Security should get the message
We’d think the Social Security Administration would be senior-savvy. It recently revealed it is not. On July 30, Social Security rolled out a new safeguard for users of its “my Social Security” accounts. Those are online accounts for doing things such as reviewing benefits, changing address or changing the location
Social Security changes policy to better accommodate seniors
WASHINGTON – Last week, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., wrote a letter to Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin to address his concerns over a new system that would block online access to benefits for seniors without a text-enabled cellphone. The Social Security Administration announced Monday they will change the policy and
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