Business
United to train 5,000 Pilots
UNDATED (AP) — United Airlines says it will train 5,000 pilots at its own academy in this decade, and it hopes that half of them will be women or people of color. United says it […]
Month: April 2021
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Cantwell, Murray Hail Capital Investment Grants for Washington State Transit Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, praised the Federal Transit Administration’s […]
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Oregon Delegation: 31 Counties in State Receive More Than $39 Million in Secure Rural School Funding
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley along with U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader said today that 31 Oregon counties will receive about $39.3 million in Secure Rural Schools […]
National / International
Eating our lunch: Biden points to China in development push
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are pointing to a booming, ambitious China as they push for trillions of dollars in development spending. They say China is threatening to quickly overtake the […]
National / International
Israeli president picks Netanyahu to try to form government
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to cobble together a governing majority. Reuven Rivlin’s announcement in Jerusalem on Tuesday nudges forward the twin dramas over the country’s future […]