Controversial Willamette Falls Funding Proceeds

Controversial Willamette Falls funding proceeds

That appropriation comes amid intertribal controversy.

Oregon Gov. Kotek slams ‘disappointing’ legislative inaction on road funding

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek had plenty of blame to dole out Saturday, a day after the surprising and dramatic collapse of her party’s signature transportation funding bill.In a meeting with reporters in Salem, Kotek accused Republicans of being unreasonable by refusing to waive legislative rules that might have allowed at least some new funding for the Oregon Department of Transportation. In the session’s final moments, House Republicans declined to …

Oregon Legislature wraps for 2025 after eleventh-hour strife, historic funding shortfall • Oregon Capital Chronicle

State Sen. Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte, addresses his colleagues on the final day of the 2025 legislative session. (Shaanth Nanguneri/Oregon Capital Chronicle)Oregon lawmakers closed the 2025 legislative period with an ill-fated race to finish a gutted major transportation package, bringing an unsatisfactory end to a session that has strained lawmakers’ political capital and dashed their hopes to compromise with one another. As the clock ran out…

Controversial Willamette Falls funding proceeds - The New Era

The project rests in the district of Salem’s most powerful lawmaker. BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project As lawmakers finished the 2025 session, the so-called Christmas tree bill contained few presents larger than the $45 million included in House Bill 5006 for the Willamette Falls Trust to purchase Moore’s Island, about 60 acres of property available now because of the closure of West Linn Paper Co.  That appropriation comes amid intertr…

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