SALEM, Oregon, July 12 -- The Democratic Party of Oregon issued the following news: * * * Drazan in Lockstep with Trump on Allowing Masked Federal Agents to Target Oregon Communities Portland, OR - One year removed from the passage of Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill, Oregon's communities are still feeling the impacts of the violent and reckless federal immigration enforcement the legislation funded. The bill gave ICE around $75 billion in new funding to increase detentions and deportations acro  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Demand Answers on Misuse of Federal Resources After Rushed, Costly Retrofit Job of Trump's Luxury Jet * Last week, Secret Service questioned the security of the gifted aircraft's retrofit Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a dozen of their Senate colleagues in demanding transparency into the taxpayer-funded modification of the $400-million luxury jet gifted to P  more

SALEM, Oregon, July 9 -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * DEQ's Climate Protection Program Announces CALSTART as Provisional Community Climate Investment Entity The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality selected the non-profit CALSTART and partners as a provisional Community Climate Investment entity for the agency's Climate Protection Program. The Climate Protection Program is designed to reduce greenhouse gas pollution from fossil  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Our Children's Trust, headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, and a coalition of medical professionals and health advocacy organizations have submitted public comment letters to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opposing the application by Port Arthur LNG for blanket authorization to export previously imported liquefied natural gas (LNG). The comments express grave concerns that approval of this application would facilitate increased fossil fuel development and consumption, the  more