SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 16 -- The League of Oregon Cities issued the following news: * * * Cities: Contact Your Legislators about Transportation Funding Governor Kotek released a draft, short-term transportation funding bill that was shared with LOC members in last week's LOC Bulletin (https://www.orcities.org/resources/communications/bulletin/governor-koteks-2025-short-term-transportation-proposal-released). The details of this proposed bill are the result of multiple communications with legisla  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Family Forward Oregon, Portland, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing serious concerns regarding a recent notice related to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The organization asserts that the notice threatens the accessibility and effectiveness of the Head Start program, which serves children from low-income families across the nation. In its letter, F  more

KEENE, California, Aug. 15 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release: * * * Farm Worker Unions Expand Mushroom Boycott to Oregon * Portland, OR - Building on growing support throughout Washington State, the United Farm Workers' (UFW) will formally expand its boycott of Windmill Farms mushrooms to Oregon, alongside PCUN (Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste), Oregon's farm worker union. A joint UFW-PCUN boycott demonstration will be held in downtown   more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 16 -- The League of Oregon Cities issued the following news: * * * Legislature Corrects Ethics and Budget Law Conflict The LOC would like to call particular attention to recently passed legislation which resolves a long-standing conflict about Oregon's ethics and budget laws. The Oregon Government Ethics Commission (OGEC) has opined that elected officials voting on city budgets that contain their compensation could be a conflict of interest. However, statutes governing b  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 16 (TNSjou) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Thousands of kids in mental health crisis are stuck for days in hospital emergency rooms, study finds OHSU researchers find 1 in 10 Medicaid-enrolled youths in crisis languish in emergency rooms nationwide By Erik Robinson America's youth mental health crisis has escalated to the point that thousands of children primarily suffering from suicide-related behaviors and depression are stu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Oregon Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by the Rowena Wildfire * WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible businesses, private nonprofits, and residents in Oregon of the Sept. 15 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset physical damage caused by the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement from a July 31, 2025, confirmation hearing. The witnesses are Bryan Switzer to be deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Gustav Chiarello III to be assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael Stuart to be HHS general counsel and Derek Theurer to be deputy under secretary of the Treasury. * * * The Committee meets this morning to discuss four nominations. D  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center and Foundation, Aloha, Oregon, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services addressing the proposed reinterpretation of "Federal Public Benefit" under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The organization, which serves over 52,000 patients annually in Washington and Yamhill counties of Oregon, expressed concerns about the potential implic  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Wyden Blasts Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Cheap Renewable Energy Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on guidance released by the Trump IRS further gutting renewable energy in America: "The bottom line is that Trump is creating a national energy crisis that Americans are  more