Transportation leaders are preparing for winter after emergency legislation raised taxes to fund ODOT. But a new petition could put those funds on pause again.

Agency director Kris Strickler is the latest high-ranking official to leave the state transportation department in the past ...

Governor Tina Kotek has signed House Bill 3991, an emergency transportation package aimed at safeguarding Oregon’s roads, ...

Tens of thousands of Oregonians have signed petitions that could put a pause on the governor’s transportation bill tax ...

An Oregon Department of Transportation snowplow works on Interstate 84 during a past winter. (East Oregonian, File) SALEM — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek will order lawmakers back to the Capitol for a ...

Kris Strickler, director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, has announced he will step down at the beginning of ...

Oregon’s legislature has weeks left to negotiate a transportation funding bill. Democrats are hoping to raise $1.9 billion biannually through a series of gas tax increases and other fees. Republicans, ...

Traffic on Interstate 5 in Portland, Ore. The transportation funding package that died at the end of this year’s legislative session would have raised billions for roads, bridges, transit and other ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) --  a new petition from Oregon’s GOP is challenging the state’s latest controversial transportation funding ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Transportation is facing layoffs after the state legislature wrapped up its session last week without approving millions more for the department.

SPRAY, Wheeler County — Hundreds of Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) workers are being laid off after state lawmakers failed to pass a robust funding bill during the 2025 legislative session ...

Oregon Department of Transportation Director Kris Strickler will leave the department Jan. 2, 2026, ODOT announced Nov. 12. Gov. Tina Kotek will appoint Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Director ...