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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek is now urging lawmakers to repeal the very transportation funding law she championed just months ago, but a nearly century-old legal opinion suggests that once voters step in, the Legislature may no longer have that authority.
The controversy centers on the 2025 transportation package passed during a September special session, a sweeping measure designed to raise roughly $4.3 billion over the next decade through higher taxes and fees to fund road maintenance and infrastructure. The law quickly drew public backlash, and petitioners gathered enough signatures to refer major portions of it to the November ballot, effectively pausing most of the scheduled tax increases.
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