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,
Merkley vows to work on jobs
MAUPIN — Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said his three proposed energy efficiency programs will help create jobs in Wasco County if he is able to insert them into upcoming federal jobs legislation. “When I took office last year, the unemployment rate was going up by 1 percent a month,”
Sen. Merkley Rafts Molalla River
As Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) urges his fellow U.S. senators to support the Molalla River Wild and Scenic bill, he’ll be able to give first-hand testimony. Merkley and his staff visited the Molalla River Corridor on Tuesday and took a mile-long rafting trip starting above the Glen Avon Bridge. “Senator
Breast-feeding moms to Merkley: You rock
An Oregon law to boost breast-feeding by providing working mothers with unpaid time and a clean space to pump breast milk is going national U .S. politicians are notorious for kissing babies, not legislating in their behalf. Candidate-baby encounters usually peter out in an exchange of gurgles. But this somewhat
Provision in health care bill protects nursing mothers
WASHINGTON — Working mothers who still are breastfeeding will get a break — and a place to take it — thanks to a provision that Sen. Jeff Merkley fought to include in the Senate health care bill. The Oregon Democrat said he would be available to help hammer out the
Merkley answers – and asks – questions during town hall meeting
SEASIDE – From health care to campaign finance reform, with a little energy conservation thrown in, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., fielded a variety of questions thrown at him during a town hall meeting in Seaside Saturday. Nearly 50 people attending the town hall at Seaside High School had the
Roseburg VA addresses backlog issue
VA Roseburg Healthcare System officials say the facility has already taken steps to speed up the conducting of physical exams needed by veterans requesting disability benefits in the wake of a federal audit that reported long delays. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have called for an expedited investigation
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