An apparent funding setback last week in the yearslong bridge replacement effort might turn out alright after all. While the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) funded projects totaling about $700 million in Alaska and Delaware, it did not grant the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority’s $532 million request.
(The Center Square) – Sponsors of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban the construction of any new large data centers in Ohio have cleared another hurdle in getting the question to voters this November.
(The Center Square) - Wisconsin congressman and candidate for governor Tom Tiffany said that he will “end subsidies for data centers in Wisconsin” if he becomes governor.
(The Center Square) – Some Republicans have recently introduced bipartisan legislation in the House and Senate aimed at addressing the federal deficit and ultimately reducing the federal debt, though opinions vary on whether Congress will make meaningful progress on the issue anytime soon.
A free Oregon health care program for adults who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid could have improperly given out $15 million in payments related to benefits for recipients, according to a recent audit of state-managed federal programs. The “questioned” funds surfaced in an 124-page report this week by the Secretary of State’s […]
Oregon’s senior U.S. senator on Friday urged federal officials to uphold their duty to protect Social Security data despite demands from President Donald Trump to use that information to create a national voter database. In a letter to U.S. Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, said using Social Security […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is roughly $39 trillion, but a nonpartisan accounting group estimates that the true number is $170.3 trillion.
THE GORGE — Although the past two years witnessed key financial milestones that made Hood River Bridge replacement possible, federal funding d…
A high-ranking U.S. Department of Health and Human Services official issued a subtle warning last year when he challenged a longstanding Oregon policy mandating foster and adoptive parents affirm a child’s potential LGBTQ+ identity. “These developments are deeply troubling, clearly contrary to the purpose of child welfare programs, and in direct violation of First Amendment […]
