Nearly all of the people responsible for cleaning 272,000 pounds of garbage off Oregon highways have lost their jobs after lawmakers failed to pass a transportation spending package.

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Nearly all of the men responsible for cleaning 272,000 pounds of garbage off Oregon highways have lost their jobs after lawmakers failed to pass a transportation spending package.

Interstate Business Solutions is an Indiana-based company that contracts with transportation departments across the U.S., including Oregon’s, to provide highway cleanup services. About 50% of ...

Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday she has a recipe to successfully divert mass layoffs at the state’s transportation agency — ...

The longtime ODOT manager said cuts to the agency would also impact school bus routes, commerce and tourism in southern Oregon.

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Lon Stockebrand has spent nearly 30 years clearing snow off southern Oregon highways. Now he’s afraid he could lose the job in which he takes immense pride. Stockebrand works as part of a small ...

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The Oregon Department of Transportation hired the Indiana-based company in April 2024 to clean litter primarily off the Portland metro area’s major highways.

Fernando Rodriguez, 25, works for Interstate Business Solutions, an Indiana-based company that is contracted through the Oregon Department of Transportation to clean trash off Oregon’s highways.