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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Los senadores Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, demócratas por Oregón, anunciaron el viernes que el Departamento de Transporte de Oregón recibirá casi $42,7 millones en fondos para apoyar operaciones y proyectos de transporte público rural, incluidos los esfuerzos de respuesta al coronavirus, en comunidades en todo el estado. La financiación se destinará a través de la Ayuda Coronavirus,

Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, anunciaron el viernes nueve subvenciones federales otorgadas en todo Oregón que apoyan la innovación en la industria de productos madereros del estado, creando empleos en las zonas rurales de Oregón, avanzando en la investigación en la Universidad Estatal de Oregón y la Universidad de Oregón, y reduciendo los riesgos de incendios forestales y mejorando condiciones del bosque

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will receive nearly $42.7 million in funding to support rural public transportation operations and projects—including coronavirus response efforts—in communities throughout the state. The funding will be allocated through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic

WASHINGTON, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, los representantes Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) y Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), junto con 39 de sus colegas del Congreso, están criticando a la administración Trump por seguir embargando salarios de millones de prestatarios de préstamos estudiantiles en dificultades, a pesar de una nueva ley aprobada por el Congreso el mes pasado que

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon will be receiving nearly $38.6 million to help support families’ child care needs and child care providers through the pandemic, senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday. The money will be in the form of Child Care and Development Block Grant funding. It is authorized

ONTARIO — Economic relief from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is needed in many aspects of daily life including transportation and the Ontario Municipal Airport will join others across Oregon in getting just that: relief. On Wednesday morning, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., made the announcement that Oregon’s

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI-14), Ro Khanna (D-CA-17), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9), on Wednesday led a group of 15 senators and 98 House members in pushing congressional leadership to institute a nationwide moratorium on utility shut-offs amid the mounting economic

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley recently announced that Oregon airports will receive more than $140 million to help them respond to the economic fallout from the coronavirus public health crisis. Among the airports receiving funds are the Newport Municipal and the Siletz Bay State (Gleneden Beach) Airports, which

The federal CARES Act included $10 billion in coronavirus relief funds for U.S. airports, and $140.1 million is on its way to Oregon. The money is in the form of 55 separate grants, but just over half, $72.3 million, is for Portland International. Other big grants are going to Mahlon

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Friday, April 10, that over $116 million will be distributed among 73 colleges, universities and community colleges throughout Oregon to provide direct emergency grants to college students whose lives and educations have been disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. The funding will