PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Mercy Corps Preparing to Respond as Tropical Storm Melissa Threatens Haiti and Jamaica * Mercy Corps is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Melissa, which has already brought deadly flooding to Haiti and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the weekend, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides. The storm is forecast to bring heavy rainfall and flooding across Jamaica, H more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Call on Oz to Resolve Chaos as States Implement Trumpcare Despite Republican Efforts to Roll Back Improvements to Medicaid and Medicare, Democrats Used Senate Rules to Preserve More than a Dozen Policies; State Medicaid Programs Have Received Minimal Direction from the Trump Administration About How to Implement These Roll Backs or Preserve more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 25 -- The Association of University Centers on Disabilities issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * OHSU UCEDD AAC Peer Support Project moves forward with $775,000 in supplemental funding The UCEDD at Oregon Health & Science University's Institute on Development and Disability has received $775,000 in supplemental funding from the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) to expand the Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Peer Support Project. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salinas Urges USDA to Take Immediate Action to Fund SNAP * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) was joined by 213 House Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to urge the agency to use contingency reserve dollars to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown. With no r more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden and Merkley Call on Oz to Resolve Chaos as States Implement Trumpcare Despite Republican Efforts to Roll Back Improvements to Medicaid and Medicare, Democrats Used Senate Rules to Preserve More than a Dozen Policies State Medicaid Programs Have Received Minimal Direction from the Trump Administration About How to Implement These Roll Backs or Preser more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Colleagues: Trump's Ballroom is a Political Fundraiser for Big Corporations to Earn Backroom Favors * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today joined colleagues in decrying the Trump administration for giving major corporate donors undue government influence in exchange for funding his White House ballroom project. Wyden and four other senators raised questions about politicized fundrais more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Call out Trump Administration's Dismantling of Education Offices Responsible for Supporting People with Disabilities * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-OR) today called out the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle U.S. special education with its decision to illegally fire Department of Education workers who provide education services a more PR