Do Schools Need More Money?
Click here to read the report in PDF format The most pervasive…
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Better, Cheaper Health care for Oregonians
Click here to read the full report in PDF format As the…
Read Blog DetailWho know public schools best?
Test scores are one way to judge our public schools. But no one…
Read Blog DetailHow Does Oregon Government Spending Rank? Ideas for Budget Stability
Summary This report updates and expands on a previous Cascade Policy Institute report…
Read Blog DetailWho is Bankrupting America?
Click here to read the report in PDF format Conventional wisdom tells…
Read Blog DetailDe-politicizing Science
Politicians often use science as a source of statements to place their policy…
Read Blog DetailA Major Victory for Property Rights
Property rights — and liberty — were victorious on July 30th when the…
Read Blog DetailSmall Loans Make a Big Difference
A new tool for helping the poor is proving effective around the world….
Read Blog DetailRecall the Multnomah Income Tax?
In 2003, Portland and Multnomah County politicians cried crisis and pushed a new…
Read Blog DetailCharter School: Better Results for Less
Many public school supporters blame poor academic results on stingy taxpayers. On July…
Read Blog DetailFailing Grade for PSU and Light Rail
On Thursday, July 8, a Metro committee will finalize the funding plan for…
Read Blog DetailAboard the Starship Private Enterprise
Last Monday, an historic event occurred in the skies over the Mojave Desert….
Read Blog DetailGet with the Times: Sell SAIF
Recent revelations about SAIF Corporation have caused some to demand that the state…
Read Blog DetailOne Small Step for Property Rights
Last week, the Portland City Council adopted a plan to build and finance…
Read Blog DetailFiscally Responsible Democrats
We should applaud the demise of an Oregon Legislative Special Session for one…
Read Blog DetailFound: 162 million education dollars
People who argue that Oregon’s public schools need more tax dollars lost another…
Read Blog DetailDoor to door transit for less
On May 1, Portland’s North Interstate light rail line opened for business. The…
Read Blog DetailSmall step for the OLCC, giant step for liberty
In April, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) announced a two-year pilot project…
Read Blog DetailSeparation of electrical and political power
Even after voters soundly rejected a government takeover of Portland General Electric, Portland…
Read Blog DetailPower of the purse accountability
Bob Williams, president of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, once served as a Washington…
Read Blog DetailPrioritize police, privatize entertainment
For the 2004-05 city budget, Portland Mayor Vera Katz proposes hiring 20 police…
Read Blog DetailThe benefits of outsourcing
Oregon finds itself in the middle of one of this year’s hottest presidential…
Read Blog DetailClueless in Portland
Earlier this month, Portland was designated by Inc. magazine as the eighth worst…
Read Blog DetailNo crystal ball for jobs
Federal job retraining programs ended up helping only 44 percent of the Oregonians…
Read Blog DetailChoosing children over teachers unions
While the D.C. school system spends more per pupil than most US cities,…
Read Blog DetailWhy is government in the marriage business?
Oregonians are busy debating whether the state should approve same-sex marriages. The better…
Read Blog DetailThe Field of Schemes
Paul Allen owns the Portland Trail Blazers and has privately funded the team…
Read Blog DetailReservations anyone?
The Portland Development Commission (PDC) just rejected the only Convention Center hotel proposal…
Read Blog DetailTobacco tax shakedown
Public health nannies complain that the defeat of Measure 30 reduced Oregon’s tobacco…
Read Blog DetailTruth in taxation and an educated, active citizenry
Various groups are organizing tax reform meetings throughout the state. The big question:…
Read Blog DetailAfter Measure 30: A first step toward fiscal responsibility
Voters did more than reject a big tax package on Tuesday, they gave…
Read Blog DetailThe high cost of transit math
Last week we discovered that the Washington County commuter rail line, which is…
Read Blog DetailLower taxes strengthen the economy
Some folks are pushing higher taxes in Oregon as a way to strengthen…
Read Blog DetailLower spending will balance the budget
Oregonians will soon vote on the legislature’s $1 billion tax package. Because this…
Read Blog DetailThe myth of under-investment in public schools
Sharon Kitzhaber was interviewed for the Dec. 24, 2003 Willamette Week. The former…
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