WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has made the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM) available to the public. Signed by the Director on January 7, 2025, the ROD establishes the management framework for the CSNM, which spans Oregon, Washington, and California. The Approved RMP will guide the management of the monument's 113,500 acres of BLM-administered lands, ensuring the prote more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has finalized the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the Lakeview RMP, which covers approximately 3.2 million acres in Lake and Harney counties, Oregon. This amendment alters the 2003 Lakeview RMP, providing new management directions for wilderness characteristics, travel and transportation allocations, and livestock grazing. The plan designates areas to be protected for their more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced the approval of the Record of Decisions (RODs) for the Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendments aimed at enhancing the conservation of the Greater Sage-Grouse and its habitat across public lands in Colorado and Oregon. These RMP amendments, developed through collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including state governments and local communities, will improve conservation efforts for the species and other wild more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following report on Jan. 8, 2025, entitled "Reconciling the Official Poverty Measure and Distributional Analysis of Household Income:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Adjusting for Underreported Transfers and Including Additional Sources of Income In its analysis of the distribution of household income, CBO adjusts transfers to account for their being underreported and includes more forms of income than are include more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 18 -- The Oregon State Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: OSPIRG, Health Care for All Oregon, Oregon Consumer Justice, and United States of Care submitted comments on Friday to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) as it reviews the proposed acquisition of Legacy Health System by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The comments urge the OHA to consider the impact the merger might have on the cost of health care and access more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today introduced legislation that would protect American consumers and small business owners from rising prices caused by tariffs imposed on goods imported into the United States. The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act would keep costs down by limiting the authority of the International Emergency Economi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today urged federal health regulators to fix their mistake that's unfairly cost St. Charles Health System $6 million over a nearly three-year period. In his letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Wyden noted the agency's error dates back to 2022 when St. Charles Health System (SCHS) responded to financial stresses from the COVID-19 pandemic by mergi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would reinvigorate America's antitrust laws and restore competition to American markets. The Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act would give federal enforcers the resources they need to uphold the law, strengthen prohibitions on anticompetitive conduct and mergers, and make addit more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that a $50 million federal investment from the Inflation Reduction Act is headed to the Klamath Basin to largely fund a new agreement that supports irrigators facing prolonged drought conditions. The programs receiving funding today will support the region's farmers and ranchers under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) betwe more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., urged the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to better protect consumers' timely access to their savings in the event of a market disruption. Specifically, Wyden and Fetterman called on the FDIC to quickly finalize its newly proposed rule requiring banks to keep a daily record showing the true owners of consumer deposits received through non-b more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle, today announced a $925,000 investment in Mapleton Water District of Lane County to improve the district's raw water transmission line, protecting it from potential landslides. "These types of infrastructure improvements are crucial for the health of Oregonians and the land we live on," Wyden said. "I'm gratified this big  more PR