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This is a developing story and will be updated. The Oregon Senate on Monday in a 18-11 vote passed a long-awaited transportation bill that would update the state’s funding sources for road maintenance and operations. House Bill 3991 would raise about $4.3 billion over the next 10 years to fund road maintenance and operations by […]

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A bill to stave off hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation, pay for road infrastructure projects and temporarily boost funding to public transit agencies moved forward Sunday after a rocky start. Republican lawmakers who were absent and upset Friday about the Democrats’ proposal to pay for it — by raising gas and […]

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Lawmakers on Monday will hear feedback from the public on a bill estimated to generate $791 million over the next two years for the state’s transportation needs. Oregon lawmakers came into the six-month 2025 legislative session in January with the goal to come up with a sustainable way to fund the Oregon Department of Transportation, […]