A federal spending bill has a chance to solve one of wildland firefighting’s longstanding problems. The $1.3 trillion federal budget bill, approved after midnight Friday morning, includes a provision that sets aside around $20 billion over 10 years to create an emergency fund for wildfire prevention. Proponents, including Oregon’s two
JORDAN VALLEY — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, stopped in two of Oregon’s smaller communities for his town halls in Malheur and Harney counties on Sunday, before heading back to Washington D.C. Merkley who is known for changing the locations of his town halls, was in Jordan Valley and Huntington
(RNN) – House Republicans on the Intelligence Committee effectively closed an investigation into collusion between Russia and the Trump 2016 presidential campaign on Monday, declaring none was found. The House investigation is one of three prominent inquiries into the matter, the others being perhaps the most significant one, special counsel
Last week, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) held a town hall meeting at the Senior Center in St. Helens. Despite the snow, several citizens came out to voice their concerns and ask Merkley their questions, which largely centered on gun control in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. Before
The U.S. Forest Service has announced it will not revisit a mineral withdrawal hundreds of citizens in Curry and Del Norte counties fought for last year. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Rep. Peter DeFazio, introduced the Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act in 2015 to protect
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley and Richard Blumenthal in a letter Friday rebuked Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, for failing to explain recent changes at the agency, including delaying rules to rein in payday loans and dropping lawsuits against payday lenders. “You have failed
“Just say No!” That is what Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon has fired back at members of the current administration along with his colleagues in the U.S. Senate over plans to allow drilling off the Oregon coast – and most of the United States. That is also his message to
SEASIDE — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley listed gun-control ideas, including bans on assault rifles and large magazines, and asked people at a town hall in Seaside on Tuesday to raise their hands for each one they supported. Nearly all of the more than 100 people packed in the Bob Chisholm
In a reversal from its position last year, the Trump administration has proposed paying U.N. climate dues as part of its fiscal 2019 State Department budget. The budget proposal released on Monday would provide a total of $6.4 million to pay U.S. dues to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate
Redmond School District will receive more than $464,000 in federal funding to reimburse costs for snow removal during a January 2017 winter storm. The $464,648 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant was announced by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. “These much-needed funds will help Redmond recoup some of the
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