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PORTLAND, OR – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) announced that she will host a series of town hall meetings around the First Congressional District focused on issues that impact senior citizens. Information about government programs to assist seniors with housing, retirement, and financial issues will also be available.
WASHINGTON DC – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) voted in support of a proposal to extend middle class tax cuts, a duplicate of the bill passed in the Senate. She also voted against a bill that would extend all of the tax cuts, including those to the wealthiest Americans. After voting, Bonamici made the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) is looking for talent to help design her Facebook page! She needs a cover photo, and who better to turn to than her talented constituents? Anyone can enter the contest - from aspiring photographers to those simply adept at using a smart phone camera.
Wyden, Merkley, DeFazio, Blumenauer, Schrader, Bonamici Applaud NOAA Funds for Marine Debris Cleanup
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it would be releasing $250,000 (five $50,000 grants) to Oregon and the four other Pacific Coast states seeing a substantial increase in marine debris because of the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011.
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McMINNVILLE, Ore. -- U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was greeted by dozens of protesters as she visited McMinnville High School Wednesday afternoon.
The City of Wilsonville's South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART) agency has been awarded a $1.45 million grant by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the purchase of new electric-powered buses. Funded by the U.S.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is headed to Oregon and Washington state this week, but it looks like she won't get a universally warm welcome. In fact, there's a big protest brewing for Friday night, when DeVos will be the keynote speaker at a gala hosted by the Washington Policy Center, a free-market think tank. More below.
BEAVERTON, Ore. —
Vose Elementary School showed off its brand new building Friday.
BEAVERTON, OR — School district officials will join Mayor Denny Doyle and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici Friday to dedicate the newly rebuilt Vose Elementary School in east Beaverton. Vose Elementary is one of four schools to be demolished and rebuilt thanks to a $680 million bond approved by voters in May 2014. Three all-new schools will also be constructed as part of the bond.
Six members of Congress said Tuesday they want an update from NCAA president Mark Emmert on the progress of a 2016 "pledge" to diversify the college coaching and administrative hiring pools.
Last year the NCAA asked college presidents to sign a pledge to address college athletics' diversity challenges.
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Vose Elementary School showed off its brand new building Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas renewed Democrats’ calls Monday for gun safety legislation, but their pleas fell on deaf ears in the Republican-controlled Congress. At the same time GOP legislation aimed at loosening gun rules stood in limbo, facing an uncertain future.
WASHINGTON — Over a year ago, the NCAA began asking member schools to get behind a pledge developing better hiring practices that promoted diversity and equality. Without an answer on any progress on that pledge in a year, Congress is now asking questions.