Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today his first round of in-person town halls in 2023. Merkley will hold a town hall for each of Oregon’s 36 counties. “I hold a town hall for every Oregon county, every year because there is simply no substitute to hearing directly from folks about the ideas
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that four Oregon school districts will receive a combined nearly $20 million in competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Education to hire additional licensed mental health providers over the next five years. “Students, teachers and counselors across Oregon
Washington D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and strong defender of women’s rights and opportunity—issued the following statement sounding the alarm on the Taliban’s recent decision to remove women from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and to suspend access to higher education and secondary
Law360 (January 5, 2023, 6:39 PM EST) — Native American tribes in Oregon and California will have access to money held in federal trust for decades after President Joe Biden signed legislation repealing a termination era policy preventing the tribes from controlling the funds. The enactment, inked last month, allows
U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden supported Beaverton’s housing goals by setting aside $3 million for the Beaverton Homeless Shelter as part of the $1.7 trillion spending bill passed by Congress in late December. The future year-round shelter is set to become the first of its kind available to
In Oregon and across the country, hedge funds are gobbling up available housing—driving rent and purchase prices through the roof. I’m working to end Wall Street ownership of residential housing. They’re pouring fuel on the fire of our affordable housing crisis. I introduced the End Hedge Fund Control of the
Several local projects will receive boosts in funding from a $1.7 trillion omnibus federal spending package. Signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday, the bipartisan agreement will inject over $2 million into local development by Warrenton and Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. A pedestrian corridor project that seeks to connect
EUGENE, Ore. – On December 23rd, the Eugene Family YMCA received $2 million in funding for its new location being built on E 24th and Hilyard Street. The funding came from the passing of the 2023 congressional omnibus appropriations package, and through a collaborative effort from outgoing Congressman Peter DeFazio, Senator Ron Wyden,
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Zoo has been awarded $2 million from the federal government to further support the conservation of the California condor – a critically endangered species. Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden helped secure the funds for the zoo’s Condor Restoration Resiliency Project, and other statewide community
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