Merkley Monthly: Realizando importantes inversiones en el puerto de Coos Bay
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...
Tres estadounidenses fueron liberados de prisiones en China
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...
Wyden y Merkley anuncian casi 1 millón de dólares para la restauración del ecosistema en Oregón; el premio de la Fundación Nacional de Pesca y Vida Silvestre beneficiará a los residentes y proyectos a lo largo del río Tillamook.
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...
Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley want wider access to abortion pills, help with interstate travel for abortions
Senate Democrats, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, are asking President Joe Biden to increase access to abortion pills and help patients obtain abortions in other states following Friday’s Supreme Court decision ending the national right to abortions. They have been worried about the Supreme Court decision for weeks,
Senado de EE. UU. aprueba legislación sobre seguridad de armas
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden is calling on the House to quickly vote on a gun safety bill approved Thursday night in the Senate. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tweeted a video shortly after the vote, calling the bipartisan gun safety bill a victory. “It, for example, invests in mental health for our schools and our
Oregon delegation reacts to Supreme Court’s Roe decision
Members of Oregon’s congressional delegation quickly issued statements following the news that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, which established a constitutional right to abortion. The court’s decision means the procedure now becomes illegal in several states, though not in Oregon. U.S. Rep. Suzanne
Sen. Merkley supports increased firefighter pay, presses for year-round forestry jobs
EUGENE, Ore. – On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced plans to increase federal wildland firefighter pay as required by the bipartisan infrastructure law. This move is part of a series of steps that also includes the establishment of a new wildland fire management job series. Last week, senators Jeff Merkley and Ron
Lawmakers on Juneteenth push for change to 13th Amendment
Members of Congress and others, pointing to the Juneteenth holiday, are pushing for the expansion of the 13th Amendment to provide worker protections for people who are incarcerated and often forced into working for very little pay. “I’m bold enough to think that I can change the Constitution, and I
Eastern Oregon University, Umpqua Community College receive money to help prepare rural students for college
Two Oregon colleges will receive a boost in funding for their efforts to help recruit and retain rural students. For Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, the money will build a brand new program aimed at connecting students as young as fifth grade with college aspirations. At Roseburg-based Umpqua Community
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