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The Oregon Senate on Monday in a party-line 18-11 vote passed a long-awaited transportation bill that would update the state’s funding sources for road maintenance and operations. 

By MICHELLE WILEY/Oregon Public Broadcasting Over the weekend, President Donald Trump acted on an idea he’s been hinting at for a month: sending National Guard troops into the city of Portland. In a memo sent to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek Sunday, the president ordered the deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members to protect federal officials and property. The state

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek urged President Trump by phone on Saturday to back off of his earlier threat to send troops to Portland.

The U.S. Forest Service is preparing to close its Pacific Northwest headquarters and move work from its Portland research station to Colorado. The public is running out of time to weigh in on the proposed move, which is part of a broader reorganization outlined by the Trump administration.

If members of Congress cannot reach a funding agreement by the end of the day Tuesday, the federal government will shut down on Wednesday. In Oregon that means about a third of the federal workforce could stop working.