Business
ODOT director calls Legislature’s transportation bill failure ‘shocking,’ ‘scary,’ warns of layoffs
In an email to ODOT staff Saturday, Director Kris Strickland said the agency will be forced to eliminate…
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Government
Republicans block attempt to prevent federal overreach with Oregon’s National Guard
A bill intended to clarify when the federal government can deploy the Oregon National Guard never made it to a final vote…
Business
Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in 10 years
The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to…
Business
Oregon Legislature’s last-ditch attempt for 3-cent gas tax increase fails
Oregon Democrats’ last-ditch effort to stave off hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation by passing…
Government
Gov. Kotek blames transportation bill failure on Republicans ‘who just wanted to go home’
Gov. Tina Kotek blamed Republicans for the state Legislature’s failure to pass a bill this session that would…
Government
Oregon Legislature wraps for 2025 after 11th-hour strife, historic funding shortfall
Oregon lawmakers closed the 2025 legislative period with an ill-fated race to finish a gutted major transportation package,…
Government
Follow live updates from the Oregon Legislature as 2025 session winds down
Lawmakers must end the legislative session by Sunday After nearly six months in Salem, the Oregon Legislature must…
Local News
Transportation package clears committee hurdle, goes to Oregon House for Friday vote
It’s been a bumpy road for the now $11.7 billion Transportation Reinvestment Package that moves closer to passage…
Environment
Two Republican state senators attempt to kill bipartisan proposal to raise lodging tax for wildlife
Raising the state hotel tax by 1.25 percentage points could send millions to the Fish and Wildlife Department,…
Business
Oregon House introduces scaled-down transportation bill with days left in session
The latest proposal is unpopular with Republicans and some rank-and-file Democrats who said they’ve not had enough time…
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