highway spending

Majority Democrats in the Washington Legislature drove the largest transportation spending roadmap in state history across the finish line on Thursday on nearly party line votes. The revenue and spending package funds new spans over the Columbia River, wider highways, four new ferries, bus rapid transit expansions, free fares for youth, fish-friendly culverts and new bike trails and pedestrian bridges.

A joint House and Senate panel of the Oregon Legislature is getting down to work this month on crafting a massive transportation funding package.An…

Oregon lawmakers will try once again next year to round up support for a major transportation funding package. Their most recent attempt got sidelined…

Oregon lawmakers are hitting the road Monday to get a first-hand look at the state's traffic chokepoints. It's part of an effort to develop a…

The oil industry said it's backing down from an effort to overturn Oregon's clean fuels law at the ballot. Instead, the Oregon Fuels Association will try…

Business executives and lawmakers in Oregon are gathering Monday in Portland for an annual summit. One item on the agenda is how to move ahead with a…

When you buy gas for your car, you're paying a flat, per-gallon tax. But Oregon is starting a new program July 1 that would change things.Rather than…

Oregon is looking for volunteers for a new pay-by-the-mile tax.The state will enroll up to 5,000 drivers starting July 1 for a first-of-its-kind program.…