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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...

Judge weighing legal path for problems at Oregon’s federal prison

Attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice told a federal magistrate on Thursday that conditions inside the troubled Federal Bureau of Prisons complex in Sheridan, Oregon, had improved. As recently as this summer, there was a hunger strike at the detention facility in protest of the conditions and reports of out-of-state guards allegedly

Senate to vote on the Disclose Act focused on ‘dark’ money in campaigns

SALEM, Ore. — President Joe Biden spoke on Tuesday about the need for Congress to pass the Disclose Act. The legislation would require super PACs and other groups to disclose anyone who contributes more than $10,000 during an election. Foreign entities would also be banned from making donations of any kind.

Senate to vote on Disclose Act aimed at ‘dark money’ in campaigns

SALEM, Ore. – President Joe Biden spoke on Tuesday about the need for Congress to pass the Disclose Act. The legislation would require super PACs and other groups to disclose anyone who contributes more than $10,000 during an election. Foreign entities would also be banned from making donations of any kind.

Hillsboro construirá el primer 'centro de innovación' de microchips de Oregón

Hillsboro plans to build Oregon’s first Semiconductor Center of Innovation Excellence, using funds secured through a Business Oregon planning grant. The announcement from the city says that it will work with partners like Oregon State University, Intel and the Oregon Business Council, to establish the center and the programs it

Merkley busca estudiantes para el Programa Page del Senado

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, announced he is accepting applications to the U.S. Senate Page Program for summer 2023. Oregon students completing their sophomore or junior year of high school during the 2022-23 school year are eligible to apply. The selection process is highly competitive with only 30 positions available

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