Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Federal funding for pollinator health research includes $454K for OSU
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will award $3.5 million in federal funding to support 10 Pollinator Health Research grants across the nation. One of those grants, for $454,939, will be awarded
Oregon senators urge ‘enforcement discretion’ for hemp
SALEM – As hemp farmers prepare for harvest, Oregon’s two U.S. senators are calling for enforcement discretion over testing requirements in the USDA’s interim final hemp rule. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, championed hemp legalization in the 2018 Farm Bill, working across the political aisle with Senate
Oregon leaders honor John Lewis as ‘fierce warrior’
Current and past members of Oregon’s congressional delegation offer their tributes to John Lewis, the civil rights leader and U.S. representative from Georgia, who died July 17 at age 80. Lewis was honored at the U.S. Capitol on Monday and Tuesday, and the first Black lawmaker to lie in state
Oregon leaders honor John Lewis as ‘fierce warrior’
Current and past members of Oregon’s congressional delegation offer their tributes to John Lewis, the civil rights leader and U.S. representative from Georgia, who died July 17 at age 80. Lewis was honored at the U.S. Capitol on Monday and Tuesday, and the first Black lawmaker to lie in state
Senators Announce Over $350,000 in Grants to Tribal Communities
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have announced that the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission will receive federal grant funding for environmental programs and studies. Both grants are being administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Cow
Port of Coos Bay looks to dredge sandbar, though obstacles remain ahead
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Toward the end of 2019, a boat capsized in the Charleston Marina in Coos Bay. The accident happened because of a sandbar, and now officials are working to get this dangerous location dredged. During a town hall in January held by senator Jeff Merkley, a citizen
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