Categoría: In the News

El Mundo de Coos Bay. Transformar el Puerto Internacional de Coos Bay, Oregón, en la primera instalación portuaria totalmente conectada con el ferrocarril en la Costa Oeste representa una gran oportunidad para Oregón y nuestras comunidades costeras. Este proyecto creará empleos sindicalizados bien remunerados y empleos locales permanentes, y aumentará la capacidad portuaria de la Costa Oeste en...

NPR. El gobierno de Biden afirma que todos los prisioneros fueron detenidos injustamente y que se están reuniendo con sus familias por primera vez en muchos años. Parecen ser parte de un intercambio de prisioneros. ARI SHAPIRO, PRESENTADOR: Tres estadounidenses han sido liberados de prisiones en China. El gobierno de Biden...

Pionero del condado de Tillamook, Washington DC—Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley anunciaron hoy una inversión federal de $1.18 millones para la Asociación de Estuarios de Tillamook con el fin de ayudar a reparar la carretera Burton-Fraser a lo largo del río Tillamook, que limita el paso de peces. "Dejar que nuestra infraestructura se desmorone con el tiempo hasta un punto en que...

AP News Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. It’s the fifth time the world’s nations convene to craft a legally binding plastic pollution accord. In addition to the national delegations, representatives from

Lincoln County Leader Sustainable and affordable housing for Oregon’s farmworkers continues to be a challenge, but now a new federal investment is designed to help. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $956,333 for a project to rehabilitate Villa Del Sol, a multi-family affordable housing complex in McMinnville that

New York Times Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. On the heels of contentious climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators from around the globe are descending on

Gizmodo A bipartisan group of 12 senators has urged the Transportation Security Administration’s inspector general to investigate the agency’s use of facial recognition, saying it poses a significant threat to privacy and civil liberties. Their letter comes just before one of the busiest travel periods of the year when millions

Cottage Grove Sentinel The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is receiving $31,933,577 to use cleaner construction materials on federally-funded projects statewide. The funding comes from the historic Inflation Reduction Act’s Low Carbon Transportation Materials Discretionary Grant Program, which supports continued growth in American manufacturing to boost the competitiveness of clean

KTVZ BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —  Betting on the outcome of elections was incredibly popular this year, but Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley continues to speak out against it.  According to MarketWatch, bettors placed more than $5 million in bets on the presidential election. Senator Merkley says this goes far beyond recreational betting, with big

The Oregonian The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 51-to-44 along party lines to approve the nomination of federal Magistrate Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai as a higher-rankingfederal district judge — the final chapter in Kasubhai’s prolonged path to confirmation. Kasubhai, who has served 16 years on the federal and state bench,