by admin
on February 21, 2012
in Health Care, Publications, Reports, Steve Buckstein, Tax and Budget
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Buckstein Senior Policy Analyst Cascade Policy Institute Phone: (503) 242-0900 steven@cascadepolicy.org February 21, 2012 Requiring a Prescription for Cold Medicine Has Not Reduced Meth Use in Oregon Cascade Study Raises Questions about Real Impact of Oregon’s Prescription-Only Requirement PORTLAND, OR — Cascade Policy Institute released a study today [...]
by Steve Buckstein
on February 20, 2012
in Health Care, Publications, Reports, Steve Buckstein
A 2005 law which requires Oregonians to get a doctor’s prescription to use cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine has not significantly reduced meth lab incidents, made the illegal drug methamphetamine harder to get or reduced the number of people using it. What it has done is impose a considerable burden on legitimate users of [...]
by Steve Buckstein
on February 6, 2012
in Commentaries, Eric Fruits, Publications, Randall Pozdena, Reports, Steve Buckstein, Tax and Budget
The twenty-two states that have not required workers to join a union and pay union dues have enjoyed, as a group, more rapid employment and income growth, better job preservation, and faster recoveries from recession. Oregon is not one of those states, yet. Here, policymakers tried to pull us out of the most recent recession [...]
by admin
on February 2, 2012
in Eric Fruits, Featured, Press Releases, Publications, Randall Pozdena, Reports, Steve Buckstein
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2012 Contact: Steve Buckstein Senior Policy Analyst & Co-Founder Cascade Policy Institute Office Phone: 503-242-0900 E-Mail: steven@cascadepolicy.org Cascade Policy Institute Report predicts over 100,000 jobs for Oregon with enactment of a Right-to-Work law Cascade Policy Institute just released a major economic study, The Right to Work Is Right for Oregon, which concludes that [...]
by Randall Pozdena
on January 31, 2012
in Cascade in the Capitol, Entitlement, Publications, Reports, Tax and Budget
The Right to Work Is Right for Oregon: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Economic Benefits from Enacting a Right-to-Work Law By Randall Pozdena, Ph.D. and Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Cascade Policy Institute • February 2012 Click here to read the full report.
by Todd Wynn
on August 22, 2011
in Environment, Publications, Reports, Todd Wynn
With unemployment on the rise, new jobs are scarce. Creating jobs has become a top priority for politicians. One can hardly watch the news without hearing catch phrases like the “renewable energy economy,” “green jobs” and “leading the world in clean energy technologies.” In short, environmental policies have been rebranded as job creators. Cascade Policy [...]
by Todd Wynn
on June 8, 2011
in Environment, Health Care, Publications, Reports, Todd Wynn
Despite considerable fears raised by activist groups and the press, the science does not warrant regulations on Bisphenol-A (BPA). Instead, it shows that human exposure is too low to have any measurable impact even for infants and children. As a result, regulatory measures to ban BPA could have unintended, adverse health and safety consequences. Second, [...]
by John Charles
on May 2, 2011
in John Charles, Press Releases, Publications, Reports, Transportation
A study released today by Cascade Policy Institute shows that TriMet’s so-called “High-Capacity Transit” system – comprised of light rail, the Portland Streetcar and commuter rail – is incapable of actually moving large numbers of people when needed. Moreover, most of the time there is no demand for high-capacity transit because the region’s population is too [...]
by Todd Wynn
on March 10, 2011
in Environment, Publications, Reports, Todd Wynn
Cascade Policy Institute has released a new study showing that the Oregon legislature’s renewable energy mandates passed in 2007 will be costly to citizens and will threaten standards of living and economic recovery. The Oregon legislature has officially convened, and legislators are hard at work crafting or reforming energy policy. With an economy in recession, budget [...]
by Christina Martin
on January 27, 2011
in Children's Scholarship Fund Portland, Christina Martin, Publications, Reports, School Choice Project
Summary A Modest Tax Credit Scholarship Program Would Produce a Fiscal Net Benefit to Oregon State School Funding The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program was established in 2001. It provides an income tax credit for corporations that contribute money to nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations (SFOs) that award scholarships to students from families with limited financial resources. [...]
