Los padres están viendo un impulso financiero inesperado este otoño. A partir de julio, los padres de todo el país comenzaron a notar cierto alivio en el resultado final de su presupuesto familiar. Los pagos anticipados del Child Tax Credit (CTC) comenzaron a llegar, con pocas explicaciones. Entonces, ¿qué es este crédito y por qué está recibiendo
De pie frente a tuberías más altas que cualquier estrella de baloncesto de la NBA y con el telón de fondo de ganado pastando con Smith Rock en la distancia, el senador de Oregón Jeff Merkley inició la segunda fase de un proyecto para canalizar el canal que entrega agua a los irrigadores de Oregón Central. El saque inicial tuvo
Summers aren’t what they used to be. Extreme heat waves, raging wildfires and skies blanketed with smoke have become regular fixtures of the season for Douglas County residents in recent years. U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced five new bills Wednesday that they say would help blunt the
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) – Gresham officials celebrated Tuesday as the city and Rockwood Water People’s Utility District broke ground on an expanded groundwater system. The goal of the project is to create up to five new groundwater wells that will provide residents in Gresham and East Portland with clean drinking
The freedom to vote is a cornerstone of our democracy. Creating unnecessary barriers to exercise this freedom is wrong. Right now, a minority of the Senate is silencing American voters, even though a majority want the voter protections in the For the People Act. Protections that include easy access to
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley joined Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (HRAC) in a roundtable discussion on housing and homelessness Monday morning in a Zoom-delivered event with statewide media. Center Director Marisa Zapata moderated the event which included remarks from Merkley, a longtime housing advocate who shared information
Oregon’s entire congressional delegation on Monday urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, to help the state cope with the latest surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, by providing medical personnel. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader, Suzanne
For years, residents living amid Florida’s sugar fields have complained about pre-harvest crop burning, which sends smoke and ash into their communities. And for years, state health and environmental officials, as well as sugar companies, have said the air is healthy to breathe. But now, leading lawmakers in Congress are
Several months after he announced a bill to lower the price of prescription drug costs, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley believes he may have a way to get the bill through Congress. During a celebratory meeting on the 56th anniversary of the day Medicare was signed into law, Merkley said his
Bipartisan legislation to invest serious money in tackling America’s persistent infrastructure deficit won final approval in the United States Senate today, with more than a dozen Republicans crossing the aisle to deliver a lopsided margin of victory for President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority. By a vote of sixty-nine to
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