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
Merkley, Wyden welcome federal investment in Oregon to reduce wildfire risk
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden Friday announced nine federal grants awarded across Oregon that support innovation in the state’s wood products industry — creating jobs in rural Oregon, advancing research at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon, and reducing wildfire risks and improving forest conditions
Senators announce over $42 million in funding for rural Oregon transit
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will receive nearly $42.7 million in funding to support rural public transportation operations and projects—including coronavirus response efforts—in communities throughout the state. The funding will be allocated through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic
Merkley, DeFazio, Bonamici Rebuke Administration for Unlawful Wage Garnishment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), along with 39 of their congressional colleagues, are blasting the Trump administration for continuing to garnish wages of millions of struggling student loan borrowers, despite a new law passed by Congress last month that
OREGON TO RECEIVE MILLIONS IN CHILD CARE GRANT FUNDING
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon will be receiving nearly $38.6 million to help support families’ child care needs and child care providers through the pandemic, senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday. The money will be in the form of Child Care and Development Block Grant funding. It is authorized
CARES Act swoops in with funds for Ontario Municipal Airport
ONTARIO — Economic relief from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is needed in many aspects of daily life including transportation and the Ontario Municipal Airport will join others across Oregon in getting just that: relief. On Wednesday morning, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., made the announcement that Oregon’s
Merkley, other lawmakers want national moratorium on utility shut-offs
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI-14), Ro Khanna (D-CA-17), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9), on Wednesday led a group of 15 senators and 98 House members in pushing congressional leadership to institute a nationwide moratorium on utility shut-offs amid the mounting economic
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