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
Columbia County programs to receive $1.85M from federal budget
Nearly $2 million will be coming to Columbia County programs from the 2023 budget bill signed by President Joe Biden on Dec. 29, 2022. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley secured $1.85 million in funding via a congressional program to fund community projects in legislators’ districts.
Klamath Tribes Get Control Of Termination Era Tribal Funds
Law360 (January 5, 2023, 6:39 PM EST) — Native American tribes in Oregon and California will have access to money held in federal trust for decades after President Joe Biden signed legislation repealing a termination era policy preventing the tribes from controlling the funds. The enactment, inked last month, allows
$3M from federal spending bill headed to Beaverton’s future year-round shelter
U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden supported Beaverton’s housing goals by setting aside $3 million for the Beaverton Homeless Shelter as part of the $1.7 trillion spending bill passed by Congress in late December. The future year-round shelter is set to become the first of its kind available to
Federal funding to help local projects
Several local projects will receive boosts in funding from a $1.7 trillion omnibus federal spending package. Signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday, the bipartisan agreement will inject over $2 million into local development by Warrenton and Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. A pedestrian corridor project that seeks to connect
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