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.
Lincoln County Sheriff’s office could get $2 million for radio upgrade
Oregon’s U.S. Senate delegation announced last week that it secured $2 million for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office as part of 2023 appropriations bill funding for 111 “community-initiated projects” in Oregon. The bills, which still must go through the appropriations process for resolution with U.S. House proposals, would fund 14
Oregon Democrats say landmark bill would help communities adapt to climate change
Top Oregon officials say the proposed federal Inflation Reduction Act would invest billions of dollars to create clean energy and green infrastructure projects that would help low-income residents and communities of color adapt to climate change. On Wednesday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan along with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon
EPA announces $79M funding for Columbia River Basin projects
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s chief announced a $79 million investment in an effort to protect and restore the Columbia River Basin with funding from President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law during an event in Portland on Wednesday. The funding will give the EPA “the ability
Energy Secretary, Senators, Governor Tour Oregon State Wave Lab
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Oregon U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown visited the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University on Tuesday afternoon, with Granholm touting wave energy as “the elixir that we need” to address climate change by ending the nation’s
Energy Secretary Granholm touts EVs, ‘tax credit at dealership’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan and the current US Secretary of Energy, got behind the wheel of an all-electric semi during her tour of Oregon’s clean energy hub. Granholm stopped at the Daimler Trucks North American headquarters on Swan Island in North Portland Tuesday
Elected leaders visit OSU’s wave center following Inflation Reduction Act
Governor Kate Brown, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley toured Oregon State University’s wave research center to learn about the role OSU students will play in the fight against climate change. The visit to Corvallis comes two days after Senate Democrats passed the Inflation
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