Latest News

Home / News

Merkley, Wyden Announce $5.3 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for TriMet and PDX Projects

October 28, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that $5,360,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds are headed to the Portland metro region for two transportation projects. The federal grants awarded will support the deployment of new digital technology for Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) light

James Beard Public Market headed to downtown Portland

October 28, 2024

KOIN After eight years of talk and concepts, the James Beard Public Market was officially announced Monday by Portland politicians, city and state leaders and project managers. The James Beard Public Market will be located at SW 6th and Alder with room for the community and a number of small businesses.

Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle: $10.2 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Boost Eugene Transportation Projects

October 28, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle announced today $10,215,123 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds are headed to the Eugene area for two transportation projects. The federal grants awarded will support the deployment of a mobility app for residents and fund airport terminal

Pilot Butte canal piping project gets boost with $25 million federal funding

October 26, 2024

Bend BulletinA large-scale canal piping and on-farm efficiency project planned by Central Oregon Irrigation District has received a $25 million federal funding grant. The grant will go toward piping a section of Pilot Butte Canal near Redmond, according to a joint statement by Oregon senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both Democrats.

Merkley Statement on President Biden Issuing a Presidential Apology for Federal Indian Boarding School Era

October 25, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Chair of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, today released the following statement after reports that President Biden will issue a presidential apology for the Federal Indian Boarding School era and the pain it inflicted on Native American children and Tribal communities for

Port of Coos Bay intermodal project to receive additional $29 million in federal funding

October 25, 2024

KEZI Oregon officials announced on Friday that a major infrastructural improvement project to the Port of Coos Bay will receive an additional $29 million in federal funding on top of the $25 million that was announced a week ago. The offices of U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (D-Ore), Senator Ron Wyden

Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley Announce Another $29 Million in Federal Funding for Port of Coos Bay Intermodal Project

October 25, 2024

New federal investment in South Coast comes on top of $25 million announced last week WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, announced $29,751,615 in federal funding for the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port (PCIP) Coos Bay Rail Line (CBRL) Upgrades

Wyden, Merkley: Conservation Projects in Central, Eastern & Southern Oregon Earn $95.7 Million in Federal Investment

October 24, 2024

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that five rural Oregon conservation projects have secured a total of more than $95 million in federal investment to help farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners adopt and expand strategies that enhance natural resources while tackling the climate crisis.

End Corporate Greed!

October 24, 2024

Sinister: billionaire corporations are buying up health care facilities—clinics, nursing homes, hospitals, and more—and using sick people to turn healthy profits. I’m fighting to put an end to this clear corporate greed!

Oregon Delegation Seeks Federal Help for State’s Record Fire Season

October 24, 2024

Citing severe damages to Central and Eastern Oregon, state lawmakers’ letter asks President Biden: “to swiftly provide the federal resources for our communities to recover and rebuild.” Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s entire congressional delegation today urged President Biden to grant Governor Kotek’s request that Oregon receive a major disaster declaration in

Latest News

Merkley, Wyden Announce $5.3 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for TriMet and PDX Projects

James Beard Public Market headed to downtown Portland

Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle: $10.2 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Boost Eugene Transportation Projects

Pilot Butte canal piping project gets boost with $25 million federal funding

Merkley Statement on President Biden Issuing a Presidential Apology for Federal Indian Boarding School Era

Port of Coos Bay intermodal project to receive additional $29 million in federal funding

Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley Announce Another $29 Million in Federal Funding for Port of Coos Bay Intermodal Project

Wyden, Merkley: Conservation Projects in Central, Eastern & Southern Oregon Earn $95.7 Million in Federal Investment

End Corporate Greed!

Oregon Delegation Seeks Federal Help for State’s Record Fire Season

About

News

helping you

connect