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Laura Tesler/Oregon Capital ChronicleFriday marks third time this week lawmakers have postponed a vote on a controversial referendum bill with a Feb. 25 deadline -
Kathryn Styer Martínez/OPBThe idea emerged in an amendment posted Friday afternoon, but soon fell apart.
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Lawmakers are looking at freezing open positions and pulling money from certain programs as they work to avoid deep layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation. -
Testimony against Senate Bill 1599 has so far overwhelmed support. -
The state’s most powerful lawmakers said Wednesday they can’t preempt the vote as Gov. Tina Kotek requested. -
Local agencies have shelved planned services and upgrades to buildings amid funding uncertainties. -
The submission will likely ensure a gas tax increase approved by lawmakers this year doesn’t take effect. -
The initiative needed roughly 78,000 signatures by Dec. 30 to qualify for next year’s election. Backers say they have more than 150,000. -
The proposal from Gov. Tina Kotek will hike gas taxes, registration fees and more. -
Joint Interim Committee on Transportation Funding to hold public hearing on Monday. -
She says the state may begin layoffs next week. -
After tweaks that reduced its price tag, HB 2025 found at least one Republican supporter. -
An amendment unveiled Wednesday would scale back some proposed tax increases in House Bill 2025 -
House Speaker Julie Fahey spent the weekend negotiating with skeptical members of her party.
