The Oregon House and Senate must continue to gavel in and out of session during the Legislature’s two-week pause in deliberations on the $4.3-billion 10-year transportation package that Gov. Tina Kotek called them back to Salem to complete.

Lawmakers in the Oregon House on Monday sent the measure aiming to avert hundreds of layoffs at the state’s Department of Transportation to the Senate and adjourned for what they believed would be the final time until the 2026 session.

But the plan for a Wednesday vote in the Senate hit a snag Tuesday evening, when the body agreed to resume debate on the package in two weeks following concerns about the health of Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, who is recovering from surgery.

Democrats were set to rely on Gorsek’s vote in the chamber, given that any ta

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