Wright Gazaway
Investigative Reporter and Anchor at KATU-TV (Portland, OR)
Investigative Reporter | Anchor | KATU | UGA Grad | [email protected]
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1 week ago |
katu.com | Wright Gazaway
An Oregon Democrat is fending off late opposition to legislation sparked by a KATU News investigation. “If I were them, I’d recognize a good-government bill when I see one, and perhaps just back off,” Rep. Paul Evans told KATU. Evans sponsored the legislation after KATU investigated costly permit requirements in Portland. We found the city required a business owner to upgrade the sidewalk and street corner outside her office as a condition of renovating the inside.
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2 weeks ago |
katu.com | Wright Gazaway
A new transportation funding package proposed by Oregon Democrats on a Joint Transportation Committee this week will raise more than $2 billion annually in new revenue through taxes and fees by 2034, according to a draft estimate from the state’s Legislative Revenue Office shared with KATU. The package includes a hike in the gas tax, higher title and registration fees, a new road-usage charge for electric and hybrid cars, a new tax on car sales, along with an increase in the payroll transit tax.
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2 weeks ago |
katu.com | Wright Gazaway
Portland City Council is meeting Wednesday to cover several amendments to the preliminary budget, a week ahead of their final approval vote. In the meeting, councilors voted down a budget amendment to move $15 million intended for police overtime into a fund with council oversight. The amendment, proposed by Councilor Candace Avalos, would've made the police bureau come before council and get approval to spend 75% of its expected overtime budget for next year.
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2 weeks ago |
katu.com | Wright Gazaway
School districts across Southwest Washington are feeling the pinch and trimming their budgets ahead of the next school year. KATU learned the budget woes are due to converging circumstances tied to increased personnel costs, inflation, enrollment declines, and the expiration of COVID-19 pandemic-era, one-time money from the federal government that patched the problem. “That was a big Band-Aid that held us for the last couple years, so this isn't a surprise.
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3 weeks ago |
katu.com | Wright Gazaway
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A group of #Oregon lawmakers proposed a transportation package with "affordable" in its title that includes: - Doubling the state's gas tax - Road usage fee - 50% increase in car reg. fees - Increased title fees - Increase in transit tax - New, 2% sales tax on cars - Bike tax https://t.co/xmyNjT7cOT
