Transportation

House Speaker Julie Fahey spent the weekend negotiating with skeptical members of her party.

A Democratic senator’s removal from a key committee Friday inspired backlash from some in the party.

A former candidate for Portland mayor died Wednesday after being struck by a MAX train while riding a bicycle in Southeast Portland.

Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, says he plans to vote no on the transportation bill. “I just think we’re crossing the lines of what Oregonians are expecting of us," he said in an interview with OPB Wednesday morning.

Lauren McCune is one of the many parent volunteers who power Portland's "bike buses," which are convoys of school kids pedaling to school together.

A transportation funding proposal by Oregon Democrats would bring in more than $1.8 billion per year in fiscal year 2029 — and more than $2 billion annually by 2034 — according to a revenue analysis circulating in the Capitol.

Former state Sen. Brian Boquist filed a political committee to fight the bill last week.

With 20 days left in this legislative session, Republicans ripped a Democratic proposal that would raise gas taxes and roughly 10 other taxes and fees, simplify how heavy trucks are taxed and more.

It will include a 15-cent increase in the state’s gas tax along with other tax and fee hikes.

Oregon's chances to implement stricter vehicle emission regulations could de derailed by the federal government, after a vote by the U.S. Senate.