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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,

Oregon senators join bill to ‘revitalize’ checks on Supreme Court

KOIN Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are co-sponsoring a bill that aims to “revitalize” Congress’ ability to check Supreme Court decisions. The Supreme Court Review Act, which was re-introduced in the Senate Sept. 25, aims to help lawmakers quickly respond to Supreme Court decisions, the senators said. While Congress

Wyden, Merkley join rally as Eugene-area postal workers picket

The Register-Guard Postal workers, letter carriers and Oregon’s U.S. senators spoke outside the Local Processing Center in Springfield on Tuesday as part of a national day of action to protest consolidation in the Postal Service and advocate for the American Postal Workers Union as it negotiates its contract. Delivering for America The

Senator Merkley blasts court ruling lifting pause on election betting markets

KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following statement Wednesday after a federal appeals court lifted a temporary freeze on election betting markets, a ruling that he said will immediately allow legal gambling on U.S. elections while the final verdict in the lawsuit is decided. The suit is

Dulcich secures USD 2 million USDA contract for Pacific rockfish fillets

Seafood Source Clackamas, Oregon, U.S.A.-based Dulcich – the parent company of Pacific Seafood Group – has won another U.S. Department of Agriculture contract for seafood, this time for Pacific rockfish fillets. Dulcich won a contract to supply 11,700 cases of Pacific rockfish fillets for around USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 million). The

Oregon’s Senators urge Postal Service to halt consolidation plan

KLCC Oregon’s U.S. Senators are calling on the Postal Service to stop efforts to consolidate mail processing. Democrats Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley rallied with workers in front of a Springfield post office Tuesday. Merkley, as well as union leaders, said they were concerned that sending mail to Portland instead

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