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Gov. Tina Kotek unveils transportation funding plan for special session to maintain services, avoid layoffs

Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday unveiled the various tax and fee hikes that will likely be included in a transportation funding ...
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Gov. Tina Kotek delays ODOT layoffs and announces August special session

Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB Gov. Tina Kotek will call lawmakers into a special session in late August to take another crack ...

DeSantis may call special session to redraw congressional districts before next census

Gov. Ron DeSantis is considering calling a special session of the Legislature to rearrange Florida's congressional districts.

Gov. Tina Kotek announces special session to secure additional transportation dollars, avoid layoffs

Gov. Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she will call lawmakers back to Salem next month to secure additional funding for the ...

Gov. Kotek reveals transportation funding bill details ahead of August special session

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek unveiled her plans to fund transportation in a virtual media availability Tuesday morning.

Could uncertainty over ACA tax credits spur a special legislative session?

Special tax credits that help people purchase health insurance are set to expire later this year if Congress doesn’t renew ...

Texas special session expands to redistricting, abortion pills, flood relief and more

Texas lawmakers are meeting in a special session to debate redistricting, abortion pills, flood relief and more amid growing ...
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Preparations for special session in Colorado underway

Colorado legislators met at the state Capitol on Friday morning to review how the recently-adopted federal budget will affect ...

TriMet planning $159 million in service cuts despite special session to address transportation

Despite the upcoming special session to address Oregon’s transportation funding, TriMet says they are planning significant ...

Texas Democrats threaten walkout over "Trump takeover" as special session begins

With an ambitious agenda before them, Texas lawmakers kicked off the first of what could be several special sessions."I'll ...