U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley led a push for the money to help families along the coast that depend on fisheries to survive Tuesday, May 30, 2023 By: Lynne Terry Oregon Capital Chronical The struggling fisheries industry on the West Coast is getting a much-needed financial boost from the federal government.
Monday, May 29, 2023 By: Dakota Castets-Didier East Oregonian PENDLETON — Gun regulations, trans rights and the housing market were hot topics at U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s town hall meeting Sunday, May 28, in Pendleton. About two dozen people attended the afternoon event at the Pendleton Convention Center. Merkley began
Monday, May 29, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., recently introduced the Feeding Our Rural Kids (FORK) Act, legislation that would amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a vehicle summer meal delivery pilot program to help feed kids in rural communities. The FORK Act is inspired by Oregon ingenuity. In an effort
Monday, May 29, 2023 The News Guard The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde will receive a $500,000 federal investment to build a fixed wireless network providing high-speed Internet connections to 200 unserved households in their community. The funding will allow the Tribe to build a fixed wireless network providing
Sunday, May 28, 2023 By: Jayson Jacoby Baker City Herald U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., told a Baker City audience this weekend that he encourages President Joe Biden to invoke a clause in the 14th Amendment to end a congressional impasse over the nation’s debt ceiling that could lead to
Sunday, May 28, 2023 KTVZ SEATTLE (KTVZ) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday $8.24 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of seven brownfield sites in Oregon, including a former construction landfill that’s the future site of OSU-Cascades’ Innovation District. Oregon’s communities will receive
Saturday, May 27, 2023 By: Mikhail LeBow Argus Observer ONTARIO — Earlier today, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley visited Malheur County to update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and the U.S. during one of his
Saturday, May 27, 2023 By: Bill Bradshaw Wallowa County Chieftain WALLOWA LAKE — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley got his first look at the soon-to-be-replaced Wallowa Lake Dam during his 15th visit to Wallowa County for a town hall-style visit Sunday, May 28. A dozen or so people joined Merkley, D-Ore.,
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 By: Izzie Lund KDRV WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced in a Tuesday morning a new grant that will repair roads and bridges damaged by weather events like floods and wildfires. According to the release, roughly $8.3 million will go towards the
Senators also announce $8 million housing grant for reservation; Wyden follows with Prineville town hall Monday, May 22, 2023 KTVZ WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and federal officials visited the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Monday to celebrate over $28 million in federal investments
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