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 […]

Gov. Tina Kotek’s plan to prevent layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation and local governments around the state relies on a 6-cent gas tax increase, hikes to title and registration fees and doubling the payroll tax that funds transit.  Kotek laid out the basics of her plan during a press conference Wednesday, a day […]

With days left in the legislative session, Oregon lawmakers will consider scaling back tax increases proposed in a transportation funding bill that lacked the support to pass the House. A 155-page amendment in House Speaker Julie Fahey’s name, posted Wednesday afternoon with a hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon, is a slimmed-down version of House Bill […]