Bend awarded $5 million federal grant to fuel affordable housing production
Bend Bulletin The city of Bend has received a $5 million grant intended to kickstart affordable housing supply, the federal government announced Wednesday. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grant set the course for the city to identify and address policies that slow affordable housing
Wyden, Merkley announce $30.1 million in ‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’ to Oregon counties; $6 million to C. Oregon
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that counties throughout Oregon will receive more than $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024, including over $6 million for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT
Wyden, Merkley, colleagues call on Postal Service to prepare for November election
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is leading Senate colleagues including fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service to share their plans to accommodate high volumes of mail expected in the upcoming 2024 general election in Oregon and nationwide.
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS URGE REVERSAL OF DISTRICT COURT RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE
Oregon’s six Democratic members of its congressional delegation joined the brief Tuesday, May 2, 2023 By: Ariana Figueroa Oregon Capital Chronicle WASHINGTON – More than 250 congressional Democrats have filed a brief urging an appeals court to reverse a Texas federal judge’s decision to suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval
SEVEN OREGON AIRPORTS SECURE NEARLY $14 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Monday, May 1, 2023 KQEN Seven Oregon airports have secured nearly $14 million collectively in federal investment for improvements. A release from U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said the grants are from the Federal Aviation Administration. Wyden said, “Airports are essential pieces of infrastructure that propel the economy
WYDEN, MERKLEY $3.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR KLAMATH DROUGHT
Friday, April 28, 2023 KQEN Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that the Klamath Basin will be the focus of an additional $3.7 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for drought resiliency. A release said the Interior Department investment building on previous department investments to restore aquatic ecosystems
MERKLEY MEETS WITH CROOK COUNTY CONSTITUENTS
Thursday, April 27, 2023 By: Jason Chaney Central Oregonian U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley held a town hall in Prineville to answer questions and hear concerns from a crowd of roughly 70 local constituents. He fielded queries and concerns ranging from a local groundwater issue to the Greater Idaho movement to
SEN. MERKLEY JOINS PARIS HILTON IN FIGHT TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE
Thursday, April 27, 2023 By: Kendall Bartley KVAL WASHINGTON D.C. – “Every day in America, children in residential facilities are being physically, emotionally and sexually abused by those responsible for their care,” said Paris Hilton, an advocate for the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act. For over two years, celebrity Paris Hilton
MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO WIPE OUT NON-FLUSHABLES FROM WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Thursday, April 27, 2023 By: KTVZ News Sources KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has teamed up with Maine’s Senator Susan Collins and Representatives Mary Peltola (D-AK) and Lisa McClain (R-MI-09) to introduce the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral bill aims to
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