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
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
U.S. SEN. JEFF MERKLEY HOLDS TOWN HALL MEETING IN PRAIRIE CITY
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 By: Neil Nisperos Blue Mountain Eagle PRAIRIE CITY — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., met with Grant County residents at the Prairie City Community Center on Saturday, April 22, to listen to current concerns and share his recent funding accomplishments for the region. Merkely, a member
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