Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) will introduce a bill today that would require food makers to disclose the presence of GMO ingredients on Nutrition Facts labels. The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), comes right after the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved Chairman Pat Roberts’
The 43 million Americans estimated to have medical debt on their credit reports could find some credit score relief should a new Senate bill come to pass. Five senators —Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — introduced legislation late last week that
With financing in place, a Minnesota-based energy company plans to build its first commercial refinery that will transform farm waste into natural gas and liquid fertilizer at the Port of Morrow. Novus Energy has received an $11 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s biorefinery assistance program. Oregon
WASHINGTON — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with Al Franken, D-Minn., Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., led the charge Monday to extend overtime pay to millions of Americans working long hours without fair pay. Last year, the Department of Labor proposed an expansion to overtime pay
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley today unveiled legislation that would ensure consumers’ credit scores aren’t permanently hurt by unpaid medical bills. Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, said his Medical Debt Relief Act would “help get consumers back on their feet and restore our economy.” He noted that millions of Americans have racked up medical
During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee meeting, Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley pressed the top official on air quality to investigate the recent discovery of heavy metals in Portland. Merkley told Janet McCabe, with the EPA Acting Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, he can’t overstate
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced that Oregon will receive more than $36 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury to assist homeowners struggling to avoid foreclosure. An opportunity exists for the state of Oregon to apply for an additional $110 million from the Treasury Department to address housing needs in
SALEM — Activists on Tuesday accused state regulators of dragging their feet after discovering serious air pollution in Southeast Portland and beyond, some of them telling lawmakers they could face life-threatening ailments. Worried residents told a House committee they’ve lost faith in the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s ability to keep
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with Sens. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., today led a group of more than 30 Democratic senators in filing an amicus brief Thursday with the U.S. Supreme Court on the need to protect women’s access to affordable birth control. The
Construction is underway on a project using a new building material called cross-laminated timber. Albina Yard is a new office building going up in northeast Portland. The four-story, 16,000-square foot building has a glue-laminated wood frame instead of traditional metal framing. Wood for the structure was milled at D.R. Johnson lumber
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