After the Oregon Legislature ended its session Friday without passing a major transportation bill, ODOT said it will begin the process to lay off workers next week.

By: Shaanth Nanguneri and Alex Baumhardt for the Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE) -- Oregon lawmakers closed the 2025 legislative period with an ill-fated race to finish ...

In an attempt to avert a funding hole at ODOT, Kotek spent a good portion of the day holed up in the Capitol. In meetings ...

Governor Tina Kotek visited Oregon's Wildland Fire School and stressed the importance of firefighter training and public vigilance.

Oregon lawmakers have wrapped up a 2025 session that will be remembered above all else for Democrats’ towering failure to get ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is bracing for significant budget cuts after state ...

Though the House Rules Committee approved a back-up plan of the failed transportation package, it failed to move forward in ...

Kotek said she will have to initiate layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation after Republicans tanked a bill ...

I don’t care how tired you are," Kotek said toward lawmakers. "I don’t care what your vacation plans are. We are going to ...

House Bill 2025, a major transportation funding bill, died June 27 after years of work, as did a last-minute proposal to prevent layoffs at ODOT.

Democrats hold 18 of the 30 seats in the Senate and they needed every one of those votes to hold onto the three-fifths ...

The 2025 legislative session ended Friday evening at 11:15 p.m. after a marathon day packed with more drama and uncertainty ...