Most of the money will go toward funding a new water treatment plant for the tribe in central Oregon Monday, May 22, 2023 Oregon Capital Chronicle The state’s two U.S. senators visited the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs reservation in central Oregon on Monday to celebrate a $28 million federal
Friday, May 19, 2023 KQEN As Oregonians gear up for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, on Wednesday the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced, on a bipartisan vote, bills authored by Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley that they believe would make the outdoors more accessible, support the
Thursday, May 18, 2023 By: Brandon Kamerman KVAL Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is joining many of his Democratic colleagues in calling on President Biden to use the 14th Amendment if Republicans do not agree to raising the nation’s debt ceiling. “I think that because it would resolve this hostage taking
Thursday, May 18, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration is awarding six airports across the state — including Madras and Prineville — nearly $3.5 million under the Airport Improvement Program. “Oregonians across the state and industries
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 By: Brandon Kamerman KVAL EUGENE, Ore. – Taking a cue from a local Oregon school district, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is set to introduce the Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK) Act this week. The legislation would emulate a program established in Umatilla where the local school district
Fifteen 2-year colleges in the region are part of consortium developing EV technician programs Tuesday, May 16, 2023 By: KTVZ News Sources KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday that Central Oregon Community College has been awarded nearly $3 million to help expand the
About $3 million in total is to be doled out to Oregon higher education for research into semiconductor, mass timber and smart grid technologies. Monday, May 15, 2023 By: Jules Rogers Portland Tribune About $3 million total in grant money is about to be doled out to Oregon higher education
Sunday, May 14, 2023 Tillamook Headlight Herald U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Val Hoyle, and Andrea Salinas said they are urging the Department of Commerce to issue an expedited declaration of a fishery resource disaster for Oregon, which would
Friday, May 12, 2023 By: Susan Crabtree Black Hills Pioneer Over the last month, TikTok has three times interrupted or shut down content on an account airing a powerful documentary about Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong entrepreneur, newspaperman, and pro-democracy activist imprisoned for more than two years for his role
Thursday, May 11, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker introduced Thursday the Pollinator Power Act, new legislation that would help reverse the decline in pollinator populations by incentivizing pollinator habitats surrounding new solar projects carried out through the Rural Energy for America
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