Wednesday, May 10, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are cosponsoring the EDUCATORS for America Act, major legislation that would help raise student achievement and rebuild the educator pipeline by supporting the development and retention of effective educators. The bill would strengthen the educator workforce, address
The SAFE Banking Act will be discussed in the Senate banking committee on Thursday Wednesday, May 10, 2023 By: Lynne Terry Oregon Capital Chronicle Over the past eight years, two Oregon congressional members have pushed Congress to pass a law encouraging banks to work with cannabis companies, considered illegal businesses
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 By: Brandon Kamerman KVAL EUGENE, Ore. – Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) weighed in on the GOP walkout in the Oregon State Senate, which reached Day 7 on Tuesday. As a former Speaker of the Oregon House, Merkley said he was disappointed in the state Republicans, blasting their
Monday, May 8, 2023 Reuters WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – Dozens of Democratic lawmakers on Monday called on the Biden administration to consider the climate and environmental justice impacts of the expansion of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. The 44 lawmakers, including Senators Jeffrey Merkley, Edward Markey and Representatives
Monday, May 8, 2023 By: Gold Meadows KVAL Oregon lawmakers lead the way to the approval of $52 million to purchase Oregon seafood products. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden led the charge to have the products purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture for distribution to food assistance
Saturday, May 6, 2023 Tillamook County Pioneer Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden supported funding requests for dozens of local projects across Oregon last year, however no project receiving Congressionally Directed Funding had more local support or will have more local impact than the Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy project in
Thursday, May 4, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and John Boozman (R-AR), teamed up Thursday to introduce the bipartisan Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act, legislation to ensure that nurses in the federal Nurse Corps are not required to
On the one-year anniversary of FDA announcement of proposed rules to end the sale of menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and a ban on all flavors in cigars, lawmakers remain concerned about the timing, implementation, and enforcement of these rules. Wednesday, May 3, 2023 North Coast Citizen Oregon’s
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 By: Zach Bruhl KCBY GOSHEN, Ore. – Since 2015, recreational marijuana has been legal in Oregon, but federal prohibition means dispensaries have operated in a financial grey area. Federally insured banks can’t back cannabis businesses, meaning many of those businesses can only take cash. The SAFE Banking Act,
Oregon’s six Democratic members of its congressional delegation joined the brief Tuesday, May 2, 2023 By: Ariana Figueroa Oregon Capital Chronicle WASHINGTON – More than 250 congressional Democrats have filed a brief urging an appeals court to reverse a Texas federal judge’s decision to suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval
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