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Jenny Kane/APAppealing to voters’ anxieties about the soaring cost of living is central to Democrats’ messaging in their hopes of big wins in this year’s midterm elections. In Oregon, a question on the primary ballot is complicating that strategy. -
Kathryn Styer Martínez/OPBThe tax-raising measure’s low profile this election season belies a years-long political drama. Here's a rundown.
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Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read doesn’t need to allow more arguments against a gas tax question on the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet, a federal judge ruled on Friday. -
Filing comes less than a week after a Marion County judge ruled the gas tax question will remain on May ballot. -
Friday marks third time this week lawmakers have postponed a vote on a controversial referendum bill with a Feb. 25 deadline -
The idea emerged in an amendment posted Friday afternoon, but soon fell apart. -
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.
