Republican legislators file suit Tuesday claiming Democrats’ bill altering Oregon gas tax vote is illegal

After failing in the Capitol to stop Democrats from changing the date of a contentious gas tax vote, Republican lawmakers are looking to the courthouse. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, two GOP legislators joined dozens of others in asking a Marion County judge to block Senate Bill 1599. The bill, signed by Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday, moves the tax decision from the high-stakes November general election to the May primary ballot. The post Republican legislators file suit Tuesday claiming Democrats’ bill altering Oregon gas tax vote is illegal appeared first on Lincoln Chronicle.