Governor Tina Kotek met with the media for the first time Thursday since this week’s primary election. More than 83% of ...

Gas tax increase is on the ballot in Oregon amid skyrocketing fuel prices - The increase was Democrats' answer to a decline in gas tax revenue from the shift to more fuel-efficient, electric and hybri ...

Months of turmoil over a higher gas tax and transportation fees is settled for now after voters rejected Measure 120 in the ...

Perhaps the most contentious issue on next week’s Oregon primary ballot is a proposal to hike the state’s gas tax. Measure 120 would additionally double vehicle registration fees, and title fees would ...

With nearly a month until Oregon voters decide the fate of the controversial transportation tax package, Gov. Tina Kotek is acknowledging the challenge ahead, calling the referendum a “tough sell” as ...

Oregonians have decided not to increase a series of transportation taxes that would have bolstered funding for road maintenance and public transit — a long-anticipated result that concludes more than ...

Oregon voters easily rejected a sweeping transportation tax package that state leaders warned was necessary to avoid deep cuts to road maintenance, transit funding and ...

Despite rising inflation and a souring economy, voters passed or renewed more than 40 taxes for libraries, local schools and ...

Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council will meet May 15 in Eugene to finalize its recommendations for release next month. But in advance of that meeting, the Oregon Journalism Project has obtained a ...