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Courtesy of Oregon Department of TransportationLawmakers held their first public hearing Monday on Gov. Tina Kotek’s proposal to hike transportation taxes. -
Bradley W. Parks/OPBAs Oregon lawmakers prepare to return for a special session focused on transportation, high-profile projects are on the back burner.
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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. -
Democratic lawmakers were scrambling Friday to come up with a modest alternative to its multi-billion dollar road funding bill. -
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. -
A Democratic senator’s removal from a key committee Friday inspired backlash from some in the party.
