The M-44, a spring-loaded device filled with cyanide used to kill predators, is no longer welcome in Oregon. On Monday, Gov. Kate Brown signed a law banning the devices, called “cyanide bombs” by some of their detractors, chief among them Brooks Fahy of Eugene, executive director of Predator Defense. “This
El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley (demócrata por Oregon) presentó hoy una legislación destinada a proteger los arrecifes de coral de los productos químicos de protección solar. La Ley de Estudio de Impacto de Oxybenzona y Octinoxato de 2019, copatrocinada por la senadora Mazie Hirono (D-Hawái), requeriría que la Agencia de Protección Ambiental estudie el efecto de dos químicos de protección solar comunes en la
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Tuesday asked the U.S. Agriculture Department to restore recent payments the agency wrongly reduced for schools and counties under the Secure Rural Schools Act by more than $14 million. In their letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, the Oregon senators cited reports that the
Tizamarte, Guatemala (CNN)After surviving on one meal a day, Juan de León Gutiérrez left his drought-stricken village in eastern Guatemala and set out on a journey to the United States. He just wanted to earn $13 for his family to buy corn and salt. His family says the hope of
Though not a nurse himself, Sen. Jeff Merkley has a close connection to nurses and an interest in bolstering the nursing workforce. He and Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, will soon reintroduce the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act, which includes programs to support and advance nursing
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After passing legislation earlier this year that applied the highest form of environmental protection to tens of thousands of acres and hundreds of miles of rivers in Oregon, Sen. Ron Wyden has returned with a new conservation bill. The Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act, co-sponsored by Sen.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, took questions from audience members, including two middle school students, at a town hall held at Scappoose Middle School on April 27. Asked about how to save Social Security, Merkley presented two potential solutions. “One is to raise the cap on the amount of
Los senadores Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, demócratas de Oregón, se han unido a sus colegas para presentar la Ley de Protección del Océano de la Costa Oeste para prohibir permanentemente la perforación mar adentro en aguas federales frente a las costas de Oregón, Washington y California. El año pasado, la administración Trump publicó su plan quinquenal de arrendamiento extraterritorial que proponía abrir
VALE: el senador estadounidense junior de Oregón cree que Estados Unidos debe reinvertir en las familias, mejorar su sistema de atención médica, actualizar su infraestructura e impulsar la educación técnica. El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley expuso sus aspiraciones la semana pasada en una entrevista exclusiva con Enterprise poco antes de una reunión en el ayuntamiento de Ontario. merkley,
EUGENE, Ore. – El senador de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, solicitó formalmente al Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos que abra una investigación sobre la muerte de un niño migrante detenido bajo custodia estadounidense. “Le escribo con gran tristeza y urgencia para solicitar una investigación exhaustiva sobre la muerte de un
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