State

“But I know this: there are going to be fireworks.”

Attorney General Dan Rayfield has joined 20 other attorneys general to sue the Trump administration for freezing $6.8 billion in nationwide education grants—including about $73 million to Oregon schools.

The layoffs are slated for the end of July. ODOT would also erase vacant positions.

The challenge comes as more Oregonians than ever are excluded from primary contests that decide many general elections.

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s continued silence is fanning speculation he will not run.

The National Interagency Fire Center lists the whole of Oregon as having “significant wildland fire potential” for the month of July.

Kris Strickler, director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, provided details of layoffs looming at the agency in an all-staff email he sent this morning.

Although the bill rescinds “unobligated” funds, Albina Vision Trust remains optimistic about $488 million in federal highway grants.

As the agency prepares for layoffs, the House Republican leader chastises the department’s director.

The Oregon Beer & Wine Distributors Association, which has opposed previous privatization attempts and opposes this one also is mystified by who might bankroll it.

SEIU represents half of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s nearly 5,000 employees.

The project rests in the district of Salem’s most powerful lawmaker.

The two groups, who often fall on opposite sides of the political spectrum, are together pursuing a tax increase that would benefit them both.

Gov. Tina Kotek issued three vetoes on June 24, all for bills related to child welfare and the Oregon Department of Human Services.

Trade unions strongly support extending higher-wage requirements to off-site fabrication, but lawmakers—and legislative lawyers—don’t know whether or how the state would enforce the proposed law.