Without the payroll tax increase, officials at Portland’s public transit agency TriMet said they’d have to cut 27% of their bus service, eliminating 45 of 79 bus lines.

The Oregon Legislature will try to pass a 3-cent gas tax increase instead of a complete overhaul of transportation funding.

The Oregon Department of Transportation plans to lay off up to 700 employees as soon as the next week, with layoffs taking ...

Without the payroll tax increase, officials at Portland’s public transit agency TriMet said they’d have to cut 27% of their bus service, eliminating 45 of 79 bus lines. The tax increase would ...