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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

USDA WILL INVEST $52 MILLION TO HELP FISHING INDUSTRY ON THE WEST COAST

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley led a push for the money to help families along the coast that depend on fisheries to survive Tuesday, May 30, 2023 By:  Lynne Terry Oregon Capital Chronical The struggling fisheries industry on the West Coast is getting a much-needed financial boost from the federal government. 

MERKLEY INTRODUCES BILL TO HELP KEEP RURAL DURING THE SUMMER

Monday, May 29, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., recently introduced the Feeding Our Rural Kids (FORK) Act, legislation that would amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a vehicle summer meal delivery pilot program to help feed kids in rural communities. The FORK Act is inspired by Oregon ingenuity. In an effort

WORLDWIDE CONNECTION: $500,000 FOR CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE

Monday, May 29, 2023 The News Guard The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde will receive a $500,000 federal investment to build a fixed wireless network providing high-speed Internet connections to 200 unserved households in their community. The funding will allow the Tribe to build a fixed wireless network providing

MERKLEY TALKS GUN REGULATIONS, TRANS RIGHTS, HOUSING

Monday, May 29, 2023 By:  Dakota Castets-Didier East Oregonian PENDLETON — Gun regulations, trans rights and the housing market were hot topics at U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s town hall meeting Sunday, May 28, in Pendleton. About two dozen people attended the afternoon event at the Pendleton Convention Center. Merkley began

MERKLEY TALKS BORDER, FENTANYL, DEBT CEILING DURING BAKER CITY TOWN HALL

Sunday, May 28, 2023 By:  Jayson Jacoby Baker City Herald U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., told a Baker City audience this weekend that he encourages President Joe Biden to invoke a clause in the 14th Amendment to end a congressional impasse over the nation’s debt ceiling that could lead to

EPA APPROVES $2 MILLION FOR CLEANUP OF FORMER LANDFILL SITE, OSU-CASCADES’ PLANNED INNOVATION DISTRICT

Sunday, May 28, 2023 KTVZ SEATTLE (KTVZ) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday $8.24 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of seven brownfield sites in Oregon, including a former construction landfill that’s the future site of OSU-Cascades’ Innovation District.  Oregon’s communities will receive

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