US EditionIn Stunning Loss for Democrats, Lawmakers Fail to Pass Transportation Funding Package
- The 2025 Oregon legislative session concluded in Salem without passing any transportation funding package for ODOT as of June 29.
- The failure followed Democratic leaders acknowledging they lacked the votes to pass House Bill 2025, despite controlling both chambers with supermajorities.
- Lawmakers attempted a final push to approve a reduced transportation funding plan that featured a modest increase in the gas tax by three cents along with higher vehicle registration fees, but the effort was unsuccessful due to opposition from Republicans.
- Governor Tina Kotek said layoffs would begin the week of July 1, affecting 600 to 700 ODOT workers who provide essential services and blaming Republican refusal to allow procedural motions.
- ODOT faces a structural revenue shortfall that requires legislative funding or flexibility, or else the agency and Oregon drivers will experience deep cuts and reduced service reliability.
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After Oregon Legislature's transportation package goes down in flames, layoffs and cutbacks coming
Gov. Tina Kotek warned that the Oregon Department of Transportation would be issuing layoff notices to hundreds of workers. Cities and counties are also impacted.
The Victoria Advocate
Gov. Kotek blames transportation package failure on Republicans ‘who just wanted to go home’
Gov. Tina Kotek blamed Republicans for the state Legislature’s failure to pass a bill this session that would have provided enough funding for the Oregon Department of Transportation to avoid layoffs. At a news conference Saturday morning, following a late-Friday-night…
Gov. Tina Kotek to OR lawmakers: 'Your work is not done' on transportation bill
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) -- After the Oregon Legislative Session concluded for the year late Friday night, Governor Tina Kotek held a press conference the following morning acknowledging "major progress" in certain areas. However, she had choice words to say on the transportation bill which has yet to pass. State lawmakers faced a mountain of bills this session, coming in at 2,200. This marks the most in a quarter-century, running the gamut from imp…
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