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Cantwell Announces $75 Million in New Federal Funding for Grassroots WA Projects, Klickitat Valley Health will receive a grant

February 6, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Announces $75 Million in New Federal Funding for Grassroots WA Projects, Klickitat Valley Health will receive a grant

50 community-driven transportation, infrastructure, and social services projects across WA get federal funding boost secured by Cantwell as part of Senate-passed “minibus” appropriations bill WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of […]

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Cantwell Warns Trump Administration Gutting of NHTSA Puts Americans at Risk as Self-Driving Cars Take to the Road in Increasing Numbers

February 6, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Warns Trump Administration Gutting of NHTSA Puts Americans at Risk as Self-Driving Cars Take to the Road in Increasing Numbers

“…We have seen the risk of letting companies beta-test on our roads with no guardrails.”; Cantwell cites death of Stanwood’s Jeffrey Nissen, who in April 2024 was struck and killed by a Tesla operating on […]

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As Communities Face Increasing Weather Threats, Cantwell Introduces Bill to Deploy Nation’s Next Generation Weather Radar

February 6, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on As Communities Face Increasing Weather Threats, Cantwell Introduces Bill to Deploy Nation’s Next Generation Weather Radar

Legislation builds on Cantwell’s 18-year push to fill gaps in our radar network; in 2011, she secured a new Doppler radar system in Western WA to help forecasters better predict large storms WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. […]

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Cantwell & Murray Send Letter to Forest Service Chief Demanding Answers on Understaffed National Forest Trails

February 6, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell & Murray Send Letter to Forest Service Chief Demanding Answers on Understaffed National Forest Trails

An internal USFS report warned of decaying infrastructure & declining public access; From Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie to the Olympic National Forest, WA is home to some of the nation’s most popular USFS trails WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, […]

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Merkley, Wyden Lead the Charge to Limit DHS’ Use of Facial Recognition Technology Amid Trump’s Rapidly Growing Surveillance State

February 6, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Merkley, Wyden Lead the Charge to Limit DHS’ Use of Facial Recognition Technology Amid Trump’s Rapidly Growing Surveillance State

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they introduced the ICE Out of Our Faces Act. The bicameral legislation would rein in the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by the U.S. […]