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
Wyden, Merkley announce $140 million in COVID-19 relief for Oregon airports
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley recently announced that Oregon airports will receive more than $140 million to help them respond to the economic fallout from the coronavirus public health crisis. Among the airports receiving funds are the Newport Municipal and the Siletz Bay State (Gleneden Beach) Airports, which
PDX lands $72.3 million in coronavirus relief
The federal CARES Act included $10 billion in coronavirus relief funds for U.S. airports, and $140.1 million is on its way to Oregon. The money is in the form of 55 separate grants, but just over half, $72.3 million, is for Portland International. Other big grants are going to Mahlon
Tillamook Bay Community College receives funds for emergency grants to students
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Friday, April 10, that over $116 million will be distributed among 73 colleges, universities and community colleges throughout Oregon to provide direct emergency grants to college students whose lives and educations have been disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. The funding will
Fed Funds: $291 Million for Oregon Hospitals’ Coronavirus Response Efforts
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Greg Walden, Kurt Schrader, and Suzanne Bonamici, have announced that 3,454 hospitals in Oregon will receive a total of $291 million in funding to enhance their coronavirus response efforts. The funds are being allocated
Merkley, Wyden push for more info, transparency on virus testing
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore, along with 45 of their senate colleagues, are calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the Coronavirus Task Force, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to conduct a national inventory of the coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic testing supply, publicly
Merkley, colleagues demand investigation into reported mistreatment of pregnant detainees
WASHINGTON, DC — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with twelve of his Senate colleagues, are calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) to immediately investigate continued disturbing reports that pregnant detainees are severely mistreated while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
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