transportation spending

Tuesday's vote in Washington state to roll back car registration fees has scrambled transportation budgets. But Pacific Northwest rail advocates are…

Washington Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson is out of a job. The Republican-led Washington Senate voted Friday afternoon not to confirm Peterson…

Oregon's political and business leaders agree on the need to pass a state-funded transportation spending package. But they don't agree on how soon it…

The federal government announced Friday that it would send $1 million each to Washington and Oregon for fast road repairs after heavy storms this week.…

The push to raise the gas tax by nearly 12 cents per gallon gas is still alive in the Washington legislature. But time is running out.Lawmakers are…

Oregon lawmakers came into the session revved up about the need for new revenue to pay for improvements to roads and bridges.The money could come in the…

Gas prices have plummeted, but Washington’s gas tax could soon go up.Republican Curtis King, the chair of the Senate Transportation committee, is looking…

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber spoke to reporters in Salem Tuesday about his 2015 legislative agenda.One proposal Kitzhaber wants to advance is a…