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ODOT review blasts Umpqua Transit district’s management and hiring practices
The agency says the board and its former CEO violated numerous rules related to grant funds. By…
Sweet Home ODOT facility faces closure, regardless of outcome in Salem
By Satina Tolman For The New Era Sweet Home’s Oregon Department of Transportation facility, along with others around…
Editorial: ODOT signals need for change
As reported on page 1 in this week’s issue, it looks like Sweet Home is not only going…
Updated: Oregon cries poverty, but its transportation spending is typical of western states
An OJP analysis of five recent years’ spending figures show that Oregon falls roughly in the middle of…
Drazan blasts ODOT messaging after legislative failure
As the agency prepares for layoffs, the House Republican leader chastises the department’s director. By Nigel Jaquiss…
ODOT layoffs will hit Key Democratic constituency
SEIU represents half of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s nearly 5,000 employees. BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project…
Feds threaten Oregon transportation funding over DEI and driver’s license policies
Oregon is one of many states that offer licenses to undocumented immigrants. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy disapproves. …
Oregon Supreme Court rejects ODOT’s 2022 union labor rules
The transportation agency required that eight large projects must use union labor, but the court says ODOT’s process…
ODOT’s alternative to the gas tax is stuck in neutral
Sen. Bruce Starr has a plan to fix that: Require electric vehicles to take part in the OReGO…
Rural truckers are paying too much, urban car owners are paying too little
Highway costs are supposed to be allocated equitably. It’s not happening. By Nigel Jaquiss Oregon Journalism Project A…
ODOT explains billion-dollar budget blunder
The transportation agency failed to perform a basic accounting function. By Nigel Jaquiss Oregon Journalism Project…