BOARDMAN — Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley will hold a town hall in Morrow County on Saturday, July 6. The first town hall is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in the theater at SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road, in Boardman. Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., and
MORROW COUNTY — Town halls look a little different for most politicians these days. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, has switched to holding virtual meetings with constituents, allowing them to tune in to live video chats he holds alone in his office, with staff that would normally travel with him tuning
The Senate on Tuesday approved with bipartisan support a sweeping and historic conservation and public lands bill that President Donald Trump has pledged to sign into law. The Great American Outdoors Act, which would next need to be taken up in the House before it could go to the President for his
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the lead author of the Equality Act, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding the rights of LGBTQ Americans to be free from discrimination in the workplace, according to a news release. In 2013, Senator Merkley led the Senate
During a Tillamook County virtual town hall on Tuesday, July 14, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) recognized the small business relief efforts of Nehalem Valley non-profit Fulcrum Community Resources and the Manzanita Visitors Center during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.The Small Business Relief Fund was established by Fulcrum in partnership with Manzanita
In a landmark 6-3 decision on Monday, the Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ employees from being discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. But for Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), a leading advocate for LGBTQ equality, the
BOARDMAN — The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Tidewater Barge Lines, Inc. with a $3.2 million grant to expand barge services between the Port of Morrow in Boardman and Vancouver, Washington. The grant reward, which was announced in both a joint news release from Oregon’s Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley and
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday led members of Oregon’s congressional delegation—including Sen. Ron Wyden and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader—in pushing the Trump administration to help meet Oregon’s urgent need for critical coronavirus testing supplies at long-term care facilities. In a
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are asking the Government Accountability Office to immediately conduct a review to examine the safety of rubber bullets they say are being used against those participating in civil rights protests.A release said the requests come on the heels of public reporting that
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined with colleagues in urging congressional leadership to include funds in future legislation that ensures college and university students with the greatest financial need in Oregon and nationwide have access to high-speed internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Even before the
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