PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As voting-by-mail increasingly becomes a nationwide issue during the runup to the November election, Oregon’s US senators held a news conference Friday with postal workers and doctors in Portland. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley talked about the efforts President Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy have put in
Federal funds will soon help drive Lane Transit District to an electric future. The $3,952,851 in federal grants will support bus upgrades, specifically five new electric buses, said LTD spokesperson Pat Walsh. LTD already ordered 11 new buses, which will be delivered by the first quarter of next year. Before
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is warning that U.S. Department of Agriculture data highlights the possibility that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could run out of funds before the end of the fiscal year. Merkley is the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the department.
When Teasha Watkins fell behind on her electric bill and lost her power in 2014, she sought donations from churches and stayed with a friend. She ultimately had to move out of her apartment in western Virginia despite the aid. “The landlord evicted us because they said without the lights
With an economic recovery in jeopardy and a public health crisis that remains unstoppable, a group of 11 Senate Democrats on Wednesday asked congressional leaders to include a slate of health and social service workforce bills to be included in the next coronavirus relief package as a “shot in the
A new bill introduced in the Senate Tuesday would heavily curtail the use of facial recognition technology by individuals and private companies, and would ban them from selling biometric data, including pictures of people identified by facial recognition. The National Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2020, cosponsored by Sens. Jeff
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders are proposing more federal regulation for facial recognition technology. Among other limits, their newly announced National Biometric Information Privacy Act would require private companies and corporations to get written consent from people in order to collect their biometric data. Should companies violate the consumer
Oregon Democrat Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue critical flexibility that has allowed students to access much-needed meals throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. If extended throughout the 2020-2021 school year, children would maintain access regardless of school opening status, and
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Portland protests in the name of Black Lives Matter continue for the 65th consecutive night after two days in a row of largely peaceful gatherings that garnered no police responses, use of tear gas, or arrests. Saturday evening, the Portland NAACP hosted an event at the
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will award $3.5 million in federal funding to support 10 Pollinator Health Research grants across the nation. One of those grants, for $454,939, will be awarded
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