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Despite legislators raising gas tax nearly every session, drives are compensating with smarter driving, and more fuel efficient cars
are actually lowering the gas tax revenue every year.

Workers hope to call attention to stalled negotiations, they say.

Thieves stole debit card from purse in unlocked vehicle either late Friday or early Saturday, then used it multiple times over weekend.

After a GOP walkout virtually killed the initial carbon tax bill in front of the Oregon Legislature, Governor Kate Brown is threatening to use an Executive Order to push it through anyway.
GOP Senators made national news when they literally boycotted the legislative session over a controversial carbo…

Mayor collected keys, locked city hall, and away they went.

Oregon and other out-of-state shoppers will lose their sales tax exemption starting July 1st in Washington State.

Some comments and feedback on various social media sites in the MId-Columbia seem to indicate many people believe a lot of those pandhandlers and beggars are not as bad off as they would want us to believe.
Now, there is an increase in the homeless population, especially spillover from Seattle's…

Is somebody trying to run a new scam in Tri-Cities?

High end apartments coming.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown wants to push through a major climate change bill, but farmers, ranchers, and Republicans say it will harm the ag industry. In an effort to thwart it, GOP Leaders left the legislative session, preventing discussion and voting on the bill.