{"id":21847,"date":"2025-03-28T14:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21847"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T01:27:57","slug":"merkley-announces-early-april-town-halls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-announces-early-april-town-halls\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Merkley Announces Early April Town Halls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACTUALIZAR:<\/strong>&nbsp;Debido a un cambio en el calendario de votaciones del Senado de Estados Unidos, los tres cabildos abiertos en el centro de Oreg\u00f3n del s\u00e1bado 5 de abril se han pospuesto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las reuniones municipales en los condados de Grant y Wheeler del domingo 6 de abril contin\u00faan seg\u00fan lo programado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a1En las pr\u00f3ximas semanas compartiremos un calendario de eventos actualizado y las invitaciones, as\u00ed que permanezca atento!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley&nbsp;announced today he will hold five town halls for Oregonians in early April, with in-person community conversations in Jefferson, Deschutes, and Crook counties on Saturday, April 5, followed by conversations in Grant and Wheeler counties on Sunday, April 6.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merkley will be joined by U.S. Representative Janelle Bynum for the Deschutes County town hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five events continue Merkley\u2019s 2025&nbsp;town&nbsp;hall&nbsp;tour of Oregon, where he will hold a community conversation in each of the state\u2019s 36 counties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;There is nothing like holding town halls directly in the communities where Oregonians live and work to get to the heart of the ideas, issues, and priorities that matter most to them. 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