A County Fair, a Bridge, a Port: See Who Got Millions in 11th Hour Spending Bills

A county fair, a bridge, a port: See who got millions in 11th hour spending bills

Winners include affordable housing programs, construction projects at Portland State University and wildfire fighting efforts.

Transportation package clears committee hurdle, goes to Oregon House for Friday vote

Dozens of people packed a room at the Capitol for the lone public hearing on a new proposal to raise taxes and fees on gas, car sales and payrolls and invest $11.7 billion over the next decade into roads, bridges…

Oregon Democrats move revamped road funding bill toward crucial floor votes

Oregon Democrats’ latest attempt at a massive road funding bill is headed to a floor vote – and this time it’s got at least one Republican on board. House Bill 2025 cleared a legislative committee on Thursday, after lawmakers adopted an 11th-hour amendment aimed at saving the bill from certain failure. But with one Senate Democrat escalating his opposition, the funding package’s fate was still an open question.The revamped bill is somewhat small…

Oregon lawmakers rush to finalize $11B transportation package

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Time is running out on the Oregon legislative session, and lawmakers are still working on a transportation package. With just three days to go, questions remain about what it will include and if they can finish in time. Wyden doubles down on fight to keep Trail Blazers in Portland in Rolling Stone interview On Wednesday night, a 155-page amendment to the bill was introduced under House Speaker Julie Fahey's name. Re…

Slimmed-down Oregon transportation bill reemerges from committee, returns to House floor

The package made it to the Oregon House floor Monday but was sent back to committee amid concerns from Republicans and even some Democrats about its high price tag.

Letter: Thoughts on HB3054

Apparently HB3054 in the Oregon Legislature has not yet been voted in or out. A lot of Brookings people submitted good testimony in favor of it in February and I say good job. It can be seen at www.olis.oregonlegislature.gov.