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Oregon lawmakers say they’ll prioritize bipartisanship in 2027 transportation funding plan

  • Mia Maldonado

SALEM — Bipartisanship and earlier deliberations over transportation funding are a priority in the 2027 legislative session, a mostly Democratic group of lawmakers told the business and transportation experts tasked with vetting and recommending ideas to solve the Oregon Department of Transportation’s impending funding shortfall. For a third year in a row, lawmakers in January […]

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Lawmakers approve millions in emergency spending on public safety, wells, university solvency

  • Alex Baumhardt

About three dozen Oregonians whose wells have run dry, Southern Oregon University and state courthouses with little security are among the greatest beneficiaries of millions of dollars in emergency funding approved by Oregon lawmakers. The 20 members of the Legislature’s Emergency Board on Wednesday mostly unanimously agreed to approve 33 requests from state agencies and […]

Gov. Brown moves to veto rural proposals Friday
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Gov. Brown moves to veto rural proposals Friday

  • By Aubrey Wieber and Claire Withycombe, Oregon Capital Bureau
  • Updated

Gov. Kate Brown announced Sunday that she is considering using her veto power to kill proposals championed by rural lawmakers of both parties.

Her staff said the veto threat was not political revenge but over sincere concerns about legislation passed in the 2019 Legislature.