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Oregon

Paid Leave Oregon builds on ADA’s promise, protects employment for people with disabilities

Program supports workers managing qualifying chronic, episodic, and long-term health conditions, as well as the family members who care for them Salem, Ore.  —  As the nation celebrates Disability Pride Month and marks the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities […]

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NW Representation

Merkley, Salinas, Lawler, Hoyle Champion Bipartisan Bill to Expand Summer Meal Access for Rural Kids

Washington, D.C. –Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (D-OR-06), Mike Lawler (R-NY-17), and Val Hoyle (D-OR-04) led the reintroduction of the Feeding Our Rural Kids (FORK) Act, which would help summer […]

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Oregon

VA Portland Healthcare System named one of 18 VA sites to test efficacy of GLP-1 as treatment for alcohol use disorder

PORTLAND, Oregon — VA Portland Healthcare System today announced its participation in a new clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used to treat diabetes, as treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD). Currently, […]

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NW Representation

Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Restore Funding for Energy Projects That Were Illegally Canceled and Politically Targeted

The letter follows an admission from the Trump Administration that the decision to cancel energy project grants in states that did not vote for Trump was “based solely” on politics Senators: “It is an attack […]