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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

$38 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR FISH, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND OUTDOOR ACCESS

Thursday, March 23, 2023 By:  Herald and News Staff Herald and News Oregon’s U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, announced Wednesday, March 22 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be awarding the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) $28,513,417 from the Wildlife Restoration fund for

DOUGLAS ELECTRIC CO-OP GETS OVER $9 MILLION FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 By:  Tiffany Eckert KLCC Douglas Electric Cooperative has been awarded over $9 million in federal funding to boost mitigation efforts in high-risk wildfire areas. The money will enable the utility to address hazard trees and reduce fuel buildup in its right-of-way. The work is meant to

SENATE DEMOCRAT CALLS XI-PUTIN SUMMIT A ‘THREE-DAY BRO-FEST CELEBRATING AUTHORITARIAN POWER

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 By:  Lauren Sforza The Hill Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) blasted Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia for “celebrating authoritarian power” on Tuesday. “This was a three day bro-fest celebrating authoritarian power,” he said on “CNN This Morning.” Merkley, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that China

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