WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The FBI issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Active-Duty and Former U.S. Army Soldiers Arrested for Theft of Government Property and Bribery Scheme One Soldier Charged with Conspiring to Transmit National Defense Information to Individuals Located in China View the indictment for Jian Zhao. Jian Zhao, and Li Tian, active-duty U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, along with Ruoyu Duan, a former U.S. Army soldier, were arrested   more

SALEM, Oregon, March 7 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: * * * Class size bill doesn't add up to better learning environments for all students Bills to reduce class sizes have been a regular feature in the Oregon Legislature for at least 15 years. Everyone agrees Oregon wants smaller classes if we can achieve them. Session after session, class size bills have nearly all been shot down, though, because the math is simple: Smaller class s  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Announces March Town Halls Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he will hold five town halls for Oregonians in March, with in-person community conversations in Jackson and Josephine counties on Sunday, March 16, followed by conversations in Morrow, Gilliam, and Sherman counties on Tuesday, March 18. The five events continue Merkley's 2025 town hall tour of Or  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Bipartisan Colleagues Push to Protect the Rights of Oregon, America's Workers Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressional and labor leaders to reintroduce the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act). This bipartisan legislation protects the rights of workers in Oregon and nationwide t  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 7 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: * * * Negotiations improve bill to pay striking workers, but it still holds concerns for schools School districts are major employers, which means sometimes we must face labor issues. Senate Bill 916 has been one of the most contentious bills of this session. The bill would give striking workers, including school employees, the right to draw unemployment pay while they are not wor  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Welch Continue to Push FEMA for Answers on Disaster Victim Data, Mass Firings, Funding Freezes Senators to FEMA: "The Administration's destructive approach will not assist the disaster-impacted communities across the country hoping to rebuild and move forward. To the contrary, it will leave the nation more vulnerable to future disasters and less prepared to pick up the pieces when the dus  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following remarks on March 6, 2025, on the nomination of Michael Faulkender to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury: * * * Wyden Slams Trump-Musk Economic Chaos, Opposes Faulkender Nomination As Prepared for Delivery This is no typical nomination hearing for the Finance Committee. It is our understanding that Mr. Faulkender has been at the Treasury Department since day one of this Trump  more