Thursday, July 20, 2023 By: Staff The Skanner News Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Wyoming’s U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis teamed up to introduce the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, bipartisan legislation that would remove federal barriers to practice in federal health programs
Thursday, July 20, 2023 By: Will Lohre Country Media, Inc. The Chronicle Sen. Jeff Merkley held a Town Hall at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in St. Helens to connect with Columbia County residents to take their questions and hear their concerns. Merkley opened the meeting by inviting people to
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 By: KTVZ News Sources KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Wednesday the introduction of two bills aimed at protecting communities across the nation from the hazardous health, economic, and environmental impacts of severe wildfire smoke and extreme heat events, which are becoming more
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Baker City Herald Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has given us all a somewhat depressing lesson in facial recognition technology. The Democrat walked up to one of the new Transportation Safety Administration facial scanners and here’s the resulting headline from The Washington Post: “You can say no
Monday, July 17, 2023 By: Peter Wong Portland Tribune U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley says the federal and state governments should be doing more to add housing, which in his view has been long neglected. The Oregon Democrat speaks from his experience, going back three decades, when he was executive director
Monday, July 17, 2023 By: Scott Keith Columbia County Spotlight Hot-button topics, including the high price of prescriptions, the U.S. Supreme Court and climate change, were on the minds of Columbia County residents Saturday, July 15, at a town hall meeting in St. Helens with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley. In
Sunday July 16, 2023 By: Peter Wong Portland Tribune U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley got a wide range of questions, as is usual, during a town hall meeting Saturday, July 15, at Centennial High School. But one question from the audience of more than 100 came from Liam Miller, who will
Sunday, July 16, 2023 By: Julio Mora Rodriguez KEZI EUGENE, Ore. — Senator Jeff Merkley spent time in Eugene Sunday, visiting the area for a town hall as part of his initiative to annually visit all of the state’s 36 counties. Before he met with constituents, the senator made stops
Thursday, July 13, 2023 By: News Staff KVAL Low-income communities and tribal lands will receive nearly $20-million for electrical grid improvements, Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Thursday. The funding will ensure that these communities will have access to affordable and reliable clean energy. “Oregon families without means and
Monday, July 10, 2023 By: Staff Baker City Herald Oregon’s U.S. senators are urging Saint Alphonsus Health System to keep the birth center open at the Baker City hospital for at least six months while they work to find solutions to nurse staffing shortages that prompted officials to announce the
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