Bipartisan lawmakers introduce the "Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act" to secure fair overtime pay for truck drivers.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is traveling to Central Oregon this month to meet with constituents. He will be in Crook and Deschutes counties on Tuesday, March 18 for two events.

Senator Jeff Merkley joins the Exchange to discuss the ongoing impact of funding cuts and firing of federal government personnel that adversely impact Oregon's rural regions and tribal lands in the state. Senator Merkley also responds to President Donald Trump's address to the joint session of Congress on March 4, which he attended.

Wyden and Merkley reintroduce the Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act for recreation and wildfire prevention in Oregon, proposing new areas and expansion of wilderness while limiting mining.

Royce Daniels got a job offer as an easement specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture last October. About a month later, he was packing up and moving from Houston to Eugene. But at 7:30 p.m.

My work was very much about making NOAA more efficient,” said Kristen Don, who worked at the Newport center. “So, it’s a little bit ironic.”

U.S. Reps. Andrea Salinas and Maxine Dexter both left early during the president's prime-time address to Congress.

Job losses at NOAA cover a spectrum of fisheries duties and could impact health, safety and economies on the Oregon coast.