Over the last two days, some 300 soldiers with the Oregon National Guard have returned home from their overseas deployments. About 100 Oregonians with the 1st Battalion 186 Infantry Regiment returned to Medford on Tuesday, greeted by friends and family. They had spent nine months in Djibouti in East Africa,
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley announced this week they plan to introduce bills that would make it harder for gas pipeline companies to use eminent domain against landowners who don’t want their property used for pipeline routes. The Oregon senators, both Democrats, said they plan to
Oregon’s U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, recently announced $25 million in Economic Development Administration grants are being distributed among 13 organizations across Oregon, which will use the funds to offer loans to businesses to help them mitigate the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus crisis. Among the organizations
Senators Jeff Merkley Merkley and Ron Wyden spoke Wednesday with NewsChannel 21, saying how they plan to make sure every Oregonian can vote.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators are demanding “immediate action” from the Trump-appointed chief of the U.S. Postal Service, citing reports of significant delays in the delivery of prescriptions medications for veterans. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined 29 other senators in a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
When Congress resumes in September, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) will introduce two bills aimed at protecting property owners and states from land seizures by private corporations. Landowners facing eminent domain claims by Jordan Cove LNG for the Pacific Connector pipeline inspired the legislation. Pembina, a
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon lawmakers are speaking out against the slowdown in the U.S. Postal Service. About 20% of voters in the United States cast their ballots by mail in the 2016 election. But that number is expected to rise dramatically this year because of the pandemic. Experts are predicting
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader demanded Monday that U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy rescind his orders that have unacceptably slowed mail delivery across Oregon and the nation. In their letter to DeJoy, the Oregon lawmakers noted their concerns
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said Friday that President Donald Trump is deliberately trying to sabotage the election during the COVID-19 pandemic by undercutting the United States Postal Service, a ‘diabolical’ political act they said also puts vulnerable Americans who rely on prescription medicine via the mail at
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Several Oregon leaders are asking for the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the impacts of sustained tear gas used by federal agents on people, air, land and bodies of water. In a letter from Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Earl Blumenauer and
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