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State officials are operating based on the belief the Oregon Department of Transportation will be reimbursed for spending as promised in a signed contract — but some in Washington, D.C., don't think the Trump administration will pay the bills.
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Collapsing bridges and coastal landslide highlight a major task for lawmakers during the upcoming legislative session.
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California voters approved Prop. 4’s $10 billion in bonds for environmental projects, with about $2 billion going toward protecting drinking water.
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Proposition 5 would lower the threshold for local bond measures to pass. It could immediately benefit fire, hospital and housing measures in the 2024 election.
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The governor said she wanted more information on specific projects, including two in the Rogue Valley, that are part of the housing package approved by the Legislature earlier this year.
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Residents of the rural Douglas County town of Oakland are planning one last walk across their soon-to-be-demolished 99-year-old bridge.
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The plan would cover a freeway that bisects the city, building space for parks or even housing.
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Small, rural districts often struggle to pass local bond measures to pay for school construction and repairs. In some cases, leaking roofs, dry rot and broken air conditioners haven’t been fixed in years.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled out a plan to speed construction of major public infrastructure and demanded quick votes from lawmakers. His Democratic allies put the proposals on ice.
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The condition of Oregon’s bridges continued to decline last year, according to a new report from the state Department of Transportation.
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On Thursday, the Yurok Tribe received a $61 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to bring high speed internet to nearly 1,000 homes and 110 businesses on the far northern California coast.
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President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that was signed into law this week will fund lots of projects in Oregon. Those include historic investments in Western water infrastructure.
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The Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon has been without clean drinking water for years, the just-passed infrastructure bill promises to fix that.
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The precarious future of President Biden’s $2.75 trillion federal infrastructure and social spending plan has state officials hopeful — and anxious.