June 26 on The Story: After much acrimony late last week and into this one, the legislators working on a major transportation funding bill in Salem returned to work today with a new, slimmed-down version after their last one got tossed back from the House floor. The proposed amendment loses some of the package's more controversial pieces, like a new "transfer" tax on vehicle sales and a plan to index the gas tax to inflation beginning in 2029, and overall revises the price tag down. At the same time, it plays a lot of the hits: a gas tax hike, pay-per-mile fees, some DMV fee hikes and a higher transit tax. Lawmakers are running out of time to get the bill done, with the session ending Sunday at the very latest (and likely to wrap sooner). Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw