Month: April 2024

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Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today town halls will be held in multiple counties

April 1, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today town halls will be held in multiple counties

Tillamook, Clatsop, and Columbia counties on Saturday, April 6 and Linn and Benton counties on Sunday, April 7. The five events continue Merkley’s 2024 town hall tour of Oregon, where he will hold a community conversation for each of […]

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Senator Murray Announces $811 Million in Available Funding from Her Landmark Digital Equity Act to Help States and Tribes Close Digital Divide, Nearly $16 Million Expected for WA State

April 1, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Senator Murray Announces $811 Million in Available Funding from Her Landmark Digital Equity Act to Help States and Tribes Close Digital Divide, Nearly $16 Million Expected for WA State

WA State Department of Commerce received a $1.08 million planning grant in December 2022 to develop a statewide digital equity plan—states are now eligible to apply for Capacity Grant funding announced today Washington state is […]

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Cantwell & Colleagues File Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Affirm that Law Requires Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions

April 1, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell & Colleagues File Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Affirm that Law Requires Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions

Amicus brief was filed in response to Idaho’s extreme abortion ban, which the Senators believe violates EMTALA law; “Chilling effect” felt by providers: 55% of maternal-fetal medicine specialists have left Idaho since ban went into […]