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 TO PLACE A $52 MILLION ORDER FOR OREGON SEAFOOD
Monday, May 8, 2023 By: Gold Meadows KVAL Oregon lawmakers lead the way to the approval of $52 million to purchase Oregon seafood products. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden led the charge to have the products purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture for distribution to food assistance
CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR A NEW NEHALEM BAY HEALTH CENTER AND PHARMACY; SENATORS MERKLEY AND WYDEN BACK $3 MILLION APPROPRIATION
Saturday, May 6, 2023 Tillamook County Pioneer Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden supported funding requests for dozens of local projects across Oregon last year, however no project receiving Congressionally Directed Funding had more local support or will have more local impact than the Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy project in
MERKLEY COSPONSORS BILL TO LOWER FEDERAL TAX BURDEN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES
Thursday, May 4, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and John Boozman (R-AR), teamed up Thursday to introduce the bipartisan Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act, legislation to ensure that nurses in the federal Nurse Corps are not required to
MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES PRESS FDA FOR BAN ON MENTHOL CIGARETTES, FLAVORED CIGARS
On the one-year anniversary of FDA announcement of proposed rules to end the sale of menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and a ban on all flavors in cigars, lawmakers remain concerned about the timing, implementation, and enforcement of these rules. Wednesday, May 3, 2023 North Coast Citizen Oregon’s
SAFE BANKING ACT WELCOMED BY LOCAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 By: Zach Bruhl KCBY GOSHEN, Ore. – Since 2015, recreational marijuana has been legal in Oregon, but federal prohibition means dispensaries have operated in a financial grey area. Federally insured banks can’t back cannabis businesses, meaning many of those businesses can only take cash. The SAFE Banking Act,
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
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