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 Gets $215,000: Wave of cash to be used to monitor beach water
A wave of cold, hard cash is heading to Oregon to protect the public from possible waterborne diseases at Oregon’s beaches. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) will receive $215,000 in federal funding for the monitoring efforts. The grant
Wyden, Merkley back bill to extend federal eviction moratorium to March
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., co-sponsored legislation Monday that would extend the federal eviction moratorium by nearly eight months, to March 27, 2021, and expand it to cover nearly all renters. The Protecting Renters from Evictions and Fees Act extends the federal eviction moratorium from July 24,
Oregon Lawmakers Ask Feds for Answers About Surveillance Flight Over Portland Protest
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader asked federal officials on Wednesday for answers about a recent flight of a possible law enforcement aircraft in Portland over a protest about the police killing of George Floyd and Black Americans. The Oregon lawmakers’?letter?to the U.S. Marshals Service
Merkley celebrando el ayuntamiento en el condado de Morrow
BOARDMAN — Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley will hold a town hall in Morrow County on Saturday, July 6. The first town hall is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in the theater at SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road, in Boardman. Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., and
Merkley adjusts to governing during a pandemic
MORROW COUNTY — Town halls look a little different for most politicians these days. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, has switched to holding virtual meetings with constituents, allowing them to tune in to live video chats he holds alone in his office, with staff that would normally travel with him tuning
EL SENADO APRUEBA AMPLIA LEGISLACIÓN DE CONSERVACIÓN EN VOTACIÓN BIPARTIDARIA
The Senate on Tuesday approved with bipartisan support a sweeping and historic conservation and public lands bill that President Donald Trump has pledged to sign into law. The Great American Outdoors Act, which would next need to be taken up in the House before it could go to the President for his