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...
Wyden, Merkley: All tribal businesses need equal access to relief
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley called on the Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Treasury on Friday to provide immediate clarification on tribal eligibility for the new Paycheck Protection Program and Emergency Economic Injury Grants. Wyden and Merkley’s letter to SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin follows concerns
Oregon senators push for national vote-by-mail
Coming from a state where voters know their May 19 primary election will not be disrupted by the spread of COVID-19 because it is done by mail, it’s no surprise that Oregon senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are pushing to adopt the same voting process across the nation. They
MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES, PUSH HHS TO PRIORITIZE RURAL HOSPITALS
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with a bipartisan group of 18 of his Senate colleagues, are pushing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to consider the needs of rural hospitals as it distributes the $100 billion healthcare fund included in the CARES act. A release said Merkley has
Jeff Merkley talks COVID-19
From his home in outer Northeast Portland, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley spoke by phone April 7 about the coronavirus crisis with Northwest Labor Press reporter Don McIntosh — with occasional interruptions from Sadie, his elderly Airedale Terrier. NW LABOR PRESS: What do you think of the CARES Act [the $2
Wyden y Merkley anuncian más de $12 millones en subvenciones de COVID-19 para los centros de salud de Oregón
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that more than $12 million in federal grants will be available for health centers statewide to support their work responding to COVID-19 in their communities.The $12.4 million in federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants from
Oregon receives $450,000 from feds for quake research
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday over $450,000 in earthquake research grant funding for Oregon. The grants will be administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, and will be allotted to Oregon State University, Portland State University and the University of Oregon. The schools will receive
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