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 PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The National Alliance for Care at Home and 58 home care, hospice, and palliative care organizations submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the agency to withdraw its proposed 9% reduction to Medicare home health payment rates for Calendar Year 2026. The letter highlights significant concerns regarding the potential financial impact on home health agencies and the critical services they provide to Medicare beneficiarie more ST

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 PR

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 PR

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 PR

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 PR

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 PR

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 PR

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 PR