‘OPB Politics Now’: Oregon’s road funding special legislative session sputters at its midway point

The special session that was supposed to funnel billions of dollars into the state’s roads and prevent hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation is sputtering.

On the latest episode of “OPB Politics Now,” reporters Dirk VanderHart and Lauren Dake discuss the last week of politics in Salem.

Democratic state lawmakers said they will be back later this month to pass a transportation package, because despite holding supermajorities in both chambers, the full package has not crossed the finish line.