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,
Elizabeth Warren and more than 100 House Democrats blast lack of diversity at the Fed
The Federal Reserve System is one of the most important institutions in the entire American government. Its composition is also almost shockingly non-diverse, with zero African Americans or Latinos serving on the key panel whose decisions impact job creation and the pace of economic growth, despite fairly overwhelming evidence that
Oregon’s Sen. Jeff Merkley joins call to cut air pollution at ports, railyards
NEWARK, N.J. — Oregon’s Sen. Jeff Merkley and four other Senate Democrats are asking federal regulators to do more to cut air pollution around port cities and railyards. New Jersey Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin joined Merkley on Wednesday
Wyden and Merkley Seek To Cap Drug Costs for Seniors
Oregon’s two U.S. senators stumped for plans Wednesday to cap prescription drug costs for seniors and renewed the call for Medicare to negotiate drug prices, a longtime Democratic priority that has been endorsed by all three remaining major presidential candidates. “These prescription drug costs are just clobbering people, especially the
Merkley Prods Regulators on Credit Suisse Losses
Key Development: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) asks federal financial regulators whether large losses by Credit Suisse Group AG in distressed holdings might show whether the firm violated the Volcker Rule. A prominent Senate Banking Committee member is asking federal financial regulators whether large losses by Credit Suisse Group AG in
Merkley applauds new FDA tobacco rules
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley D-Ore., released the following statement Thursday after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco deeming rule was finalized and will now go into effect: “The tobacco regulation rule announced today by the FDA is a critical milestone for public
Plan to exclude mining near Kalmiopsis moves forward
A plan to exclude mineral development on about 100,000 acres of federal land, to thwart a proposed nickel mine near the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, is nearing fruition. The U.S. Forest Service released its environmental assessment last week, and written comments will be accepted through May 27. The proposed mineral withdrawal would
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