December 2024 - Page 9

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says her efforts to ease a housing and homeless crisis, boost lagging educational achievement, and better help people with mental health and addiction challenges are bearing fruit. She just needs state lawmakers to agree to keep the pressure up. So in a recommended two-year budget unveiled Monday, Kotek is asking the Legislature to boost spending on

By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon environmental regulators have approved rules that will temporarily delay the state’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which are typically used for commercial purposes and for long-haul transportation. But trucking advocates are calling for a longer delay of the rules, saying the technology for these types of zero-emissions vehicles as