Full CoverageIn stunning loss for Democrats, lawmakers fail to pass transportation funding package
By Carlos Fuentes
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Oregon lawmakers failed to find billions for roads. Now what?
By Bryce Dole & Dirk VanderHart
ODOT director calls legislature’s transportation bill failure ‘shocking,’ ‘scary’ warns of layoffs
By Mia Maldonado
House Rep Mark Gamba speaks out on why Democrats didn’t pass a transportation bill
By Jonathan Maus
ODOT leaders warn staff of mass layoffs after lawmakers fail to pass funding package
By Jamie Parfitt
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‘I’m sorry’: ODOT director explains 600 employees to be laid off in coming days in email
By Andrew Foran
ODOT Layoffs Will Hit Key Democratic Constituency
By Nigel Jaquiss
Problem Solvers: Gov. Kotek slams lawmakers after transportation bill fails, hundreds of ODOT layoffs announced
By Isabella Warren
The road to transportation funding
By Randy Stapilus
Hundreds of Oregon Department of Transportation workers will receive layoff notices next week
By Carlos Fuentes
ODOT layoffs slated to begin this month
By Natalie Sirna
Salem couldn't hike the state gas tax to fix roads. Can Albany pass one?
By Hans Boyle & Jess Hume
Some Oregon House Republicans boycott floor session after committee transportation debate
By Mia Maldonado
Oregon Legislature pivots to 3-cent gas tax increase instead of $11.7 billion transportation package
By Bert Etling
Transportation package clears committee hurdle, goes to Oregon House for Friday vote
By Alex Baumhardt
Gov. Kotek blames transportation bill failure on Republicans ‘who just wanted to go home’
By Alex Baumhardt
Oregon Democrats’ major transportation bill is dead
By Dirk VanderHart
Oregon Legislature’s last-ditch attempt for 3-cent gas tax increase fails
By Alex Baumhardt & Julia Shumway
ODOT to layoff hundreds of workers amid budget cuts
By Mikhala Armstrong
After Oregon Legislature's transportation package goes down in flames, layoffs and cutbacks coming
By Blair Best
Death of State Transportation Package Puts Portland’s Road Maintenance “at Risk,” City Says
By Sophie Peel
Portland says basic street maintenance ‘at risk’ after sweeping state transportation package implodes
By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
‘OPB Politics Now’: Oregon Legislature wraps up a busy session punctuated by a transportation package failure
By Andrew Theen, Dirk VanderHart & Bryce Dole