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 y Merkley todavía no conocen el plan para reducir el Monumento Nacional Cascade-Siskiyou
More than a month after a draft plan from the Trump administration to shrink the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument leaked, Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said they have yet to be briefed about the plan. The Democratic senators blasted the draft report from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive on Sept. 18
Planning for Columbia River tribal village stalls after funding denied by White House
Tribal members who live along the Columbia River were cautiously optimistic that the federal government was making good on one of its promises, 80 years late. But a new White House decision has again left hundreds of Native Americans in unsafe, unsanitary makeshift housing for the foreseeable future. The Office
Las disposiciones NEPA de la legislación sobre incendios forestales generan divisiones
Congress risks stirring old political battles by trying to scale back environmental rules in the fight against wildfires, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said yesterday. At a hearing on wildfire legislation, Merkley urged lawmakers to concentrate on giving the Forest Service more money to manage forests — not power to thin
Photo exhibit featuring Oregon women veterans on display in the US capitol
WASHINGTON — “I Am Not Invisible,” a traveling photo exhibit featuring portraits and bios of 20 Oregon women veterans from diverse backgrounds and eras of service, is on display in the nation’s capitol this week. After its debut at the Portland Art Museum in February, “I Am Not Invisible” has
Lawmakers announce arrival of Oregon photo exhibit at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Dist.1, on Tuesday announced that “I Am Not Invisible”— a powerful exhibit featuring the stories and contributions of Oregon’s women veterans — has arrived in Washington, D.C. It will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol through Thursday. After seeing the
ICE arrestó a un hombre en Oregón sin orden judicial. Los senadores quieren saber por qué.
Both of Oregon’s senators have demanded an explanation after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in plain clothes entered a home in Portland without a warrant and arrested a man who was later released. The arrest of the man, who was working on a renovation at the house on Thursday, was