Category: In the News

Saturday, August 19, 2023 The World Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues to introduce the Preventing Election Subversion Act, legislation which would institute new safeguards to insulate state election administration from partisan pressure, and empower non-partisan local election officials. In 2022, state legislators across the country

Friday, August 18, 2023 By: KTVZ News Sources KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – A year after the Inflation Reduction Act  was signed into law, Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday a total of $1.3 million in IRA funding headed to Southwest Oregon and Southeast Oregon Sagebrush Restoration Landscapes. These funds will be used for

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 By: Tom Joyce The Center Square The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $300,000 to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde to help it respond to opioid overdoses. It received the funds as part of the Department’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program. The initiative aims to

Thursday, August 10, 2023 Hermiston Herald Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Tuesday, Aug. 8, that the city of Irrigon has received $1 million from the federal Small Business Administration to build a business opportunity incubator. “Irrigon is very excited about this funding.?This grant brings opportunities for

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 By: Tom Joyce The Center Square The federal government is giving La Grande School district in Oregon more than $500,000. The district will receive $515,000 through the Department of Education for a Community Initiated Project to establish housing construction and construction career and technical education programs.

Monday, July 31, 2023 By: KATU Staff KATU SALEM, Ore. – Two Oregon forests have received $10.7 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Legacy Program. The Minam Conservation and Connectivity Project in northeast Oregon and the Tualatin Mountain Forest Project in northwest Oregon is among 34 projects nationwide that

Millions of federal dollars are coming to Oregon to guard against terrorism and deal with natural disasters, according to U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden. Thursday, July 27, 2023 By: Tim Gordon KGW 8 Millions of federal dollars are coming to Oregon to guard against terrorism and deal with natural disasters,

Thursday, July 27, 2023 By: Staff Washington Post Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is a leading progressive voice on Capitol Hill and was first elected to the Senate in 2008. On Tuesday, Aug. 1 at 11:00 a.m. ET, Merkley joins The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell, co-author of The Early 202 newsletter,

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 By: Garrett Christensen Elkhorn Media Group BAKER CITY – In response to the impending discontinuation of obstetrical services at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City, and the subsequent effort by state officials to negotiate a continuation of said services, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeffery Merkley