ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 19 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Employment Increases In 31 States And D.C. From July 2024 To July 2025; While 22 States Add Construction Jobs From June To July * Tue, 08/19/2025 - 12:41 Texas and New Mexico Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While California and New Jersey Have the Worst Yearly Losses; Oregon and Colorado Top Monthly Gainers; California & Wyoming Have the Wors  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter Announces $20,000 Grant to Portland Playhouse * PORTLAND, OR-- Today, U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-3) announced a National Endowment for the Arts' Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools (link is external) grant for $20,000 to the nonprofit theatre, Portland Playhouse. The funding arrives at a critical moment, after the theatre lost a $25,000 grant from the National Endowme  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Humanitarian Workers Face Deadliest Year on Record as Needs Soar and Funding Shrinks * On World Humanitarian Day, the global humanitarian system faces its most perilous moment. Violence against aid workers is at record levels: in 2024, 383 were killed--a 31 percent increase from the previous year and the highest toll ever recorded according to the UN. As of mid-August 2025, a stagge  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office in Oregon has finished an inventory of Native American human remains. This action is a key step under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory has confirmed a cultural link between the remains and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. The remains, from at least one individual, consist of a portion of a cran  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Oregon man charged with administering "Rapper Bot" DDoS-for-hire Botnet Rapper Bot allegedly administered large-scale DDoS-for-hire attacks averaging 2-3 Terabits in size, targeting victims in over 80 countries. * ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Oregon man was charged by a federal criminal complaint today in the District of Alaska on charges related to hi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hoyle Condemns President's Push to Eliminate Mail-in Voting, Reaffirming Commitment to Secure and Accessible Elections * : August 18, 2025 EUGENE, OR - In response to President Trump's recent promise to eliminate mail-in voting, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) issued the following statement: "Oregon was the first state to enact full vote by mail, an effort led by both Democratic and Repub  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSFR) -- The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History has completed an inventory of human remains, which is aligned with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The inventory determined a cultural affiliation between the remains of eight individuals and six Indian tribes. The identified remains include individuals of varying ages and sexes. Four of the individuals were collected and transferred to the museum in 1935 from unknown origi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Virginia Unemployment Rate Rises For Seventh Consecutive Month * The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported that the unemployment rate in Virginia rose again in July, to 3.6 percent, the seventh consecutive increase in the Commonwealth's unemployment rate. Virginia's 0.8 percent year-over-year unemployment rate increase is now the second fastest in the nation during that period, tied wit  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 20 -- VoteVets Action Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * VoteVets Action Fund Launches $500k Ad Campaign in Virginia Governor's Race VoteVets' Total Virginia Investment Now At $1 Million * Washington, DC. - Today, VoteVets Action Fund is announcing that it is launching a $500k ad campaign in Virginia and debuting the first creative spot of this early paid media investment. The fully integrated paid media campaign, which will run through Ele  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Gang Member with 24 Arrests and 16 Convictions * Other heinous criminal illegal aliens arrested included pedophiles and rapists WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Alejandro Lima-Ramirez, a 46-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico and member of the Florencia 13 Street gang.Lima-Ramirez has a criminal histo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Announce $1 Million Grant to Establish a New Mobile Integrated Health Program in Wheeler County * Washington D.C.-- U.S.Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., today announced an investment of $1 million for the Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) to help improve access to healthcare in Wheeler County. "With Trump's cruel cuts to Medicaid, rural healthcare is on life suppor  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Announce $1 Million Grant to Establish a New Mobile Integrated Health Program in Wheeler County * Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., today announced an investment of $1 million for the Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) to help improve access to healthcare in Wheeler County. "With Trump's cruel cuts to Medicaid, rural healthcare is on life support   more