OR Gov. Tina Kotek calls for halt to Portland interstate tolling plan
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has canceled a regional mobility pricing project that would have introduced tolls on Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 in Portland. Kotek expressed uncertainty about the feasibility of tolling, saying the increasing challenges outweigh the expected benefits. Kotek’s letter comes weeks after a survey found that a majority of Oregon voters oppose […]
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek Declares Fentanyl State of Emergency
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) declared a state of emergency in Portland due to a disastrous rise in fentanyl overdoses just a few years after the state decriminalized the drug. Progressive states decriminalized drug use for the first time when Congress passed Measures 110 In 2020, we aim to focus on recovery rather than incarceration […]