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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBSen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, is unable to come to the Capitol because of unspecified health struggles. His vote may be needed to pass Gov. Tina Kotek’s transportation funding bill. -
Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBGov. Tina Kotek’s proposal to raise billions for road maintenance and public transit in the coming decade advanced by the barest of margins Monday. The tax bill needed help from a moderate Republican to make it over the finish line.
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Democrats agreed to slash some funding they’d sought for public transit, and Gov. Tina Kotek remained scarce. -
Democratic leaders have said finding a quorum would not be a problem as they look to raise transportation taxes. They were wrong Friday. -
The special session will dictate whether hundreds of state workers are laid off next month. -
Lawmakers held their first public hearing Monday on Gov. Tina Kotek’s proposal to hike transportation taxes. -
As Oregon lawmakers prepare to return for a special session focused on transportation, high-profile projects are on the back burner. -
Lawmakers will reconvene in August to try to avoid mass layoffs at transportation agencies. As wildfires sweep the state, the stakes are particularly high. -
Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday she has a recipe to successfully divert mass layoffs at the state’s transportation agency — and it doesn’t look too different from a plan lawmakers failed to pass last month. -
The governor’s announcement offered only hints of what a plan to fund roads might look like. -
Nearly all of the workers responsible for cleaning 272,000 pounds of garbage off Oregon highways have lost their jobs after lawmakers failed to pass a transportation spending package. -
ODOT says 10 percent of state road workers will be out of a job by August. -
Layoffs appear certain. But a lot more could happen, too. -
She says the state may begin layoffs next week.
