Warm Springs radio station KWSO gets nearly $160,000 infusion from FEMA
Central Oregon Daily A community radio station owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is getting a financial infusion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is granting $158,749 to KWSO-FM. This will be used to upgrade the station’s broadcast transmissions and warning systems, which are needed
Oregon leaders call on U.S. government for help, flexibility to help ranchers
Oregon Capital Chronicle The wildfires this season have scorched a record 1.5 million acres, forcing ranchers to move their cattle as flames approached while also fighting fires to save their homes This summer’s historic wildfires in Oregon have taken a toll on ranchers and their more than a million cows and
Klamath Community College receives grant to aid veteran students in obtaining commercial driver’s licenses, safety training
Herald and News Oregon’s U.S. senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced this week the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding Klamath Community College and Linn-Benton Community College a combined total of $265,829 to grow their commercial driver’s license (CDL) programs. A CDL is needed for careers operating large
EDITORIAL: It’s about jobs
Ever since congressional Republicans hijacked the national debate about the state of the U.S. economy and misdirected it toward reducing the federal deficit, millions of Americans — those still working as well as those unemployed and underemployed — have been trying to figure out why Congress doesn’t seem to understand
How to keep the `super-committee’ honest on jobs
Senator Jeff Merkley is worried. He fears that it’s increasingly unlikely that the Congressional deficit “super-committee” will make a serious effort to incorporate job creation into its mission. Worse, he worries that some of its deficit-cutting proposals could actually do further harm to the economy. Senator Merkley has an idea
Super Committee Proposal Should Be Scored For Labor Market Impact
Jeff Merkley continues to be one of my very favorite senators: “We need to have every proposal that the super-committee brings out to have it scored by its jobs impact,” Merkley told me in an interview this morning. He plans to urge Democratic and GOP leaders to agree to this
An Oregon Perspective: What We Can Do to Lower Gas Prices
Skyrocketing gas prices are like a tax on working families. And it is the worst possible tax in the sense that it ships our energy dollars overseas, enriching the Middle East while hurting job creation here at home. We need to take concrete steps both to lower costs at the pump now and to gradually reduce the grip oil companies and petro-dictators have on our economy.
Merkley Calls For Action To Lower Gas Prices
BEND, OR — With oil and gas prices increasing considerably over the last couple of weeks, Jeff Merkley and several other senators have called on President Obama to act now to lower the price at the pump. Merkley, a guest Thursday morning on Wake Up Bend!, said a small portion
Merkley backs bills for breweries
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley cosponsored legislation Wednesday that would lower the beer excise tax on small brewers. The Democrat said the bill would encourage job growth nationwide and in his home state. “Oregon’s brewers are a valuable part of our state’s economy and culture,” Merkley said in
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