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Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley recently announced that Gold Beach Municipal Airport and La Grande/Union County Airport will receive a combined $54,000 in federal grants for operations, sanitation and personnel. “Rural airports serve as critical connectors for every nook and cranny of Oregon and provide crucial support

Congressional Democrats this week introduced legislation that seeks to ensure large U.S. corporations pay their “fair share” of taxes, a measure that they’d like included in the reconciliation package they hope to pass without Republican buy-in to raise revenue.  Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Angus King (I-Maine), along with Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), announced the bill,

ONTARIO – Treasure  Valley Community College is one of three Oregon Community Colleges which has a share of more than $5 million to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, funding which was supported by U. S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats from Oregon. “With the advent of more contagious

House Democrats took another step toward considering a key voting rights bill by releasing a report documenting dozens of discriminatory election practices. The move Friday is a prelude to the introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named after the former lawmaker and civil rights leader. Leaders believe

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that nearly $35 million in federal grant funding is headed to five counties in Oregon, including Douglas, to help cover the cost of wildfire debris removal efforts. Merkley said when the Labor Day fires hit last year, he criss-crossed the

Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley-who serves as the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-issued a statement on the bipartisan infrastructure deal, including announcing a number of key wins for Oregon: “From the health and economic impacts

Democratic lawmakers, including more than 100 state legislators, rallied Tuesday outside the U.S. Capitol to urge the Senate to delay its summer recess until passing the For the People Act, a sweeping elections and ethics bill to expand and protect voting rights. The state lawmakers at Tuesday’s rally traveled from across

New Delhi (CNN Business) US lawmakers are piling pressure on major American corporate sponsors of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as tensions between the United States and China over human rights and other issues remain high. A bipartisan committee of US politicians questioned representatives from Airbnb, Coca-Cola (COKE), Intel (INTC), Visa (V) and Procter & Gamble (PG) about the Games during

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley says he is counting on state efforts, like those in Oregon and Maine, to build the case for his federal legislation to compel plastics manufacturers to contribute to the cost of reducing, reusing or recycling materials. The Oregon Democrat was flanked by state legislators and environmental

On Wednesday, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden introduced three bills they claim will help the public, businesses, and agricultural operators combat the effects of wildfire smoke, and recover from the damage it causes. A release said the legislation includes the Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act, the Smoke