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
Eugene Family YMCA receives $2-million in funding for new location
EUGENE, Ore. – On December 23rd, the Eugene Family YMCA received $2 million in funding for its new location being built on E 24th and Hilyard Street. The funding came from the passing of the 2023 congressional omnibus appropriations package, and through a collaborative effort from outgoing Congressman Peter DeFazio, Senator Ron Wyden,
Feds give Oregon Zoo $2M to save more California condors
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Zoo has been awarded $2 million from the federal government to further support the conservation of the California condor – a critically endangered species. Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden helped secure the funds for the zoo’s Condor Restoration Resiliency Project, and other statewide community
Merkley, Wyden announce major investments for Oregon’s coastal communities
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announce Senate passage of major investments for Oregon’s ports, waterways, and coastal, fishing, and tribal communities included in Congress’s fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations package. The legislation passed in the Senate and is expected to clear the House of Representatives this
Marina excavation project in Detroit gets big federal funding boost
In the summer of 2015, a severe drought dropped the water level at Detroit Lake to a historic low. There was so little water that a 100-year-old wagon appeared in the lake bed. Two marinas in Detroit, Kane’s Marina and Detroit Lake Marina, were unable to open for the summer
The new abolitionists: Voters in a handful of states close the ‘slavery loophole’ in 2022
If you thought the slavery question in America was settled more than 150 years ago, think again. Among the hundreds of referenda passed across the country in the midterm elections, voters in four states approved provisions making slavery and involuntary servitude unconstitutional. While slavery was abolished in the U.S. in
SOU gets $2M in congressional funds for campus solar arrays
Southern Oregon University cheered Congress Tuesday for securing $2 million to pay for additional solar arrays on campus. The funds – made possible through a $1.7 billion federal appropriations bill that cleared Congress last week – would go toward SOU’s eventual goal of becoming the first energy-independent university in the
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