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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…
August 20, 2025
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…
July 3, 2025
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…
July 1, 2025
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. …
April 25, 2025
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…
April 15, 2025
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…
April 2, 2025
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…
March 18, 2025
ODOT explains billion-dollar budget blunder
The transportation agency failed to perform a basic accounting function. By Nigel Jaquiss Oregon Journalism Project…
February 26, 2025