Warm Springs radio station KWSO gets nearly $160,000 infusion from FEMA
Central Oregon Daily A community radio station owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is getting a financial infusion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is granting $158,749 to KWSO-FM. This will be used to upgrade the station’s broadcast transmissions and warning systems, which are needed
Oregon leaders call on U.S. government for help, flexibility to help ranchers
Oregon Capital Chronicle The wildfires this season have scorched a record 1.5 million acres, forcing ranchers to move their cattle as flames approached while also fighting fires to save their homes This summer’s historic wildfires in Oregon have taken a toll on ranchers and their more than a million cows and
Klamath Community College receives grant to aid veteran students in obtaining commercial driver’s licenses, safety training
Herald and News Oregon’s U.S. senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced this week the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding Klamath Community College and Linn-Benton Community College a combined total of $265,829 to grow their commercial driver’s license (CDL) programs. A CDL is needed for careers operating large
Merkley fields questions, messages from protesters at town hall in Clackamas
Milwaukie Review Hundreds gathered at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas on Friday, Aug. 2, for U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s 34th town hall in Oregon this year. Merkley, in boots and a plaid shirt, arrived early for the 6:30 p.m. event, relaxed and ready to engage with the public. “You hear directly
‘No Kings Act’: Wyden, Merkley join in legislation to ‘restore accountability for presidents who violate law’
KTVZ Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said Tuesday they have joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 31 other senators in introducing legislation that would reaffirm that presidents and vice presidents do not have immunity for actions that violate federal criminal law. The legislation also clarifies that
OREGON DELEGATION PUSHES FOR USDA DISASTER DECLARATION-WILDFIRES
KQEN On Friday, Oregon’s entire Congressional delegation – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Susanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Andres Salinas, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Cliff Bentz – sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging approval of Oregon Governor Tina Kotek’s request for
Merkley leads Senate, House colleagues in call for ban on gambling on U.S. elections
KTVZ Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., led a group of lawmakers Monday in pressing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to ban gambling on American elections. The letter—signed by Senators Merkley, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin
Dems Urge CFTC To Finalize Elections Trading Ban
Law360 A group of Democratic lawmakers urged the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday to finalize and implement its proposed rule to ban trading on the outcome of elections. In May, a divided CFTC voted to approve a proposed rule, which doubled down on its contested position that this activity is illegal gambling.
Senator Merkley Criticizes USPS ‘Delivering For America’ Plan, Citing Concerns Over Mail Delays
Grants Pass Tribune This week, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley addressed the Senate to express his concerns regarding recent changes to the United States Postal Service (USPS) under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s “Delivering For America” plan. Implemented in 2021, the plan aimed to streamline operations within the postal service, but according
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