Local News
Nearly 500 Oregon transportation workers get layoff notices after ‘preventable’ funding emergency
Gov. Tina Kotek warns people around the state will feel those cuts, especially in winter Hundreds who ... Read more
Author: Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle | Wilsonville Spokesman
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 ... Read more
Government
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 ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Business
Lawmakers, Secretary of State back delaying 2024 Oregon campaign finance law from taking effect
An unremarkable, technical fix bill could be used to delay the state’s 2024 campaign finance law limiting contributions ... Read more
Government
Divided Oregon panel sends massive transportation funding bill to House floor
House Bill 2025’s prospects are unclear, as Republicans and some crucial Democrats are opposed to it. Oregon’s ... Read more
Education
Oregon senators agree to cut $45 million in funding for early childhood programs
State-funded preschool programs would lose millions under an early childhood education budget given a “reluctant yes” vote by ... Read more
Environment
Trump breaks historic Columbia River deal between U.S. government, tribes, Northwest states
In an order issued Thursday, Trump said he would withdraw the U.S. from a 2023 deal made with ... Read more
Bend
Bentz defends Republican tax and spending bill, despite costs and cuts impacting his district
Bentz voted to pass the bill despite past vows not to add to the national deficit, and representing ... Read more
Environment
Environment, social justice groups withdraw support for governor’s key groundwater protection bill
A 39-page amendment added to the bill Friday neutralizes the power it would have brought to state agencies ... Read more
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