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Wallowa County Town Hall

Senator Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. Community Connection (Wallowa County Senior Center), main dining room 702 NW First Street Enterprise, OR 97828

Baker County Town Hall

Senator Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. Community Connection (Baker County Senior Center), main room 2810 Cedar Street Baker City, OR 97814

Malheur County Town Hall

Senator Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. Veteran’s Memorial Hall, main room 25 NW 8th Street Ontario, OR 97914

Airplane seat cameras: US senators demand answers

(CNN) — Concerns about cameras fitted to airplane seats have prompted two US senators to propose a bill to prevent in-flight entertainment with cameras — and they’ve demanded that airlines clarify how the devices are used. Senator Jeff Merkley — the Oregon Democrat who recently announced his decision not to run for

Tribes to receive housing grant

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have announced that Oregon tribes will receive more than $15 million in federal grants to support affordable housing. “Quality of life throughout our state requires housing that Oregonians can afford,” Wyden said. “These fresh federal resources for Oregon’s tribes will help them achieve

Merkley tours irrigation improvements, supports ‘re-plumbing’ Central Oregon

Many of the irrigation districts operating in the Deschutes Basin have worked for years to replace leaky, open-air canals with pipelines and make other improvements aimed at conserving water. With federal money continuing to pour in, an event on Tuesday morning, featuring speeches from Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Matt

Merkley, Wyden Announce More than $7 Million in AmeriCorps Funding for Oregon

PORTLAND, OR  – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that Oregon has received more than $7 million in AmeriCorps funding to deploy 402 members to serve nonprofits in Bend and Portland. “Last month I had the opportunity to visit a Heart of Oregon program, YouthBuild, in

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