Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Sen. Merkley holds affordable housing tour in Medford
Medford, Ore.– Local experts say Oregon is in an affordable housing crisis. The state’s current vacancy rate is at a mere 3.5%, about half of the national average. “It took me a year to get into affordable housing,” says Meagan Hadley, a recovering addict who has experienced bouts of homelessness.
Merkley: Oregon is in a housing crisis
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said rising house prices and rental costs, plus an extremely low rental vacancy rate, are contributing to an affordable housing crisis in Southern Oregon and across the state. “Families are just being absolutely squeezed as a result,” said Merkley, who met with local housing experts
Oregon legislators make new promise to Columbia River tribes — action on houses this year
Sen. Jeff Merkley leaned over the armrest of the white SUV he drove east on Interstate 84, recounting the story of how the Columbia Gorge was formed. Fifteen thousand years ago, cataclysmic floods broke the banks of the river, washing them downstream. Every year since, salmon make their way upstream
Affordable housing issue gets attention from lawmakers
PORTLAND, Ore. — When you see new building in Portland remember this: Advocates say the city needs an estimated 100,000 more affordable housing units. And most of what you see is not that. Over the last few years, 22,000 new apartments were built in the Portland area, but only 3
Editorial: Help marijuana businesses with banking access
Oregon’s marijuana businessmen and women find themselves in a pickle where banking is concerned. What they do is legal in Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Alaska and the District of Columbia, though it’s still illegal under federal law. That makes it difficult — impossible, really — to do things that most business
GMO labeling fight still alive: Jeff Merkley introduces pro-labeling bill
Jeff Merkley is trying to accomplish what the failed Oregon GMO labeling measure set out to do. The Democratic senator introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would require companies to label whether food contains genetically-engineered ingredients. Oregon voters were almost evenly split in 2014 on support for Measure
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