Molalla High School’s Austin Alexander has been accepted to join the United States Air Force Academy’s Class of 2020 after receiving a nomination Friday from Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley. Alexander was notified in an email that he could expect to receive an official letter from Merkley this week, giving
Federal agencies and university scientists are making progress on the deployment of an earthquake early warning system for the West Coast. That was one of the messages from a half-day earthquake preparedness summit hosted by the White House Tuesday. It wouldn’t be much advance warning. An alert between a few seconds up
Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley stopped by the Falling Sky Delicatessen in Eugene, Friday, to discuss retirement savings plans for small businesses. Earlier this week, Merkley introduced the American Savings Act which emphasizes a universal savings plan that can be transferred between jobs. Merkley says most employees don’t work for
Oregon Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley visited Franklin High School Friday to talk about their plans to help students like senior Michelle Yan. Yan wants to attend Stony Brook University in New York to become the first in her family with a college degree. But she worries about
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., unveiled Thursday the American Savings Act, legislation that would give workers without access to a retirement plan at work the ability to save through an American Savings Account, modeled on accounts offered to federal employees and Congress. “It shouldn’t matter whether you work part time or
Why shouldn’t everyone have the same kind of retirement program enjoyed by members of Congress and federal workers? Good question. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) thinks everyone should. Merkley today introduced the American Savings Act, which would give every American not covered by a retirement plan at work the chance to
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Thursday unveiled the American Savings Act, major new national retirement security legislation. He said the American Savings Act would give every worker without access to a retirement savings plan through their employer the ability to save for retirement through their own, personal retirement
Jan. 21 (BNA) – The Securities and Exchange Commission should continue preparing a rule on corporate disclosure of political speech, despite a law stating that the agency can’t currently complete such a rulemaking, several Democratic senators from the Banking Committee said today. A rider to the December omnibus spending bill
Ports in the Northwest are waiting to see if the nation’s budget will include funding for small ports that often struggle to obtain federal dollars. The Northwestern congressional delegation advocated that the president’s fiscal year 2017 budget set aside roughly $48 million to maintain jetties and the channels leading to
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., cheered news Friday that the Interior Department will pause and conduct an environmental review of the federal coal leasing program: “A wholesale review of the federal coal program is long overdue,” Wyden said. “This provides an opportunity to make sure taxpayers
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