SALEM— It’s been almost a year since state lawmakers met in Salem for a six-month legislative session and failed to update the Oregon Department of Transportation’s revenue streams. That legislative session resulted in two failed attempts to pass transportation funding bills, followed by a special session months later, when Democrats finally had the votes needed […]
Voters will soon have a say in what’s been one of Oregon’s most contentious issues over the past year: funding state transportation needs. Measure 120 will let voters approve or reject a law Democratic lawmakers passed and Gov. Tina Kotek signed in 2025 that raises the gas tax and other transportation fees mostly to raise […]
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read doesn’t need to allow more arguments against a gas tax question on the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet, a federal judge ruled on Friday. The decision comes three days after the Republican-led Right to Vote on the Gas Tax Political Action Committee filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court […]
(The Center Square) – A bill to suspend California’s gas tax for one year failed in committee at the Capitol.
Opponents of gas tax hikes are once again suing the state of Oregon over a law that rescheduled the date of a gas tax referendum from November to May. The Right to Vote on the Gas Tax Political Action Committee — organized by Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Dundee; Rep. Ed Diehl, R-Scio, and the Taxpayer Association […]
This is a breaking news story and could be updated. A recently passed law that moves a citizen vote on new taxes and fees to pay for transportation to the May primary instead of the November general election does not violate the Oregon Constitution, a judge ruled Wednesday. Marion County Circuit Court Senior Judge David […]
A Marion County Circuit Court judge said he will rule quickly on a case brought against the Oregon Secretary of State by GOP lawmakers and voters over the timing of a gas tax referendum. Senior Judge David Leith on Tuesday heard roughly an hour-and-a-half of arguments from a lawyer for the plaintiffs and a lawyer […]
Republican leaders of a successful petition to pause gas tax and transportation fee hikes until a citizen vote are suing the state over a new law rescheduling that vote. Gov. Tina Kotek signed Senate Bill 1599 into law shortly after it passed the House on Monday, clearing the way for voters to have a say […]
The Oregon House of Representatives in a 31-20 vote Monday passed a bill that would move the date Oregonians can vote on a controversial 2025 transportation law from November to May. Democrats in the fall passed a law to raise $4.3 billion dollars for the Oregon Department of Transportation over the next decade mostly through […]
Democratic lawmakers didn’t meet a recommended Wednesday deadline to pass a law rescheduling a gas tax referendum to May, but they’re still moving forward with the effort despite warnings from the state’s top election official that doing so could limit voter input. Senate Bill 1599, which passed the Oregon Senate on Monday, would move the […]
