Invited Testimony on HB2201: “Oregon Healthy Kids Program”
Presented to a Joint Hearing of the House Committee on Health Care and…
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Will taxing smokers make kids healthy?
Governor Kulongoski wants the state to offer free or highly subsidized health insurance…
Read Blog DetailMaking more health insurance premiums tax-deductible
Why are your health insurance premiums tax deductible if paid by your employer,…
Read Blog DetailAn Inconvenient Comparison: Should Oregon Trust Europe’s Model of CO2 Trading?
Introduction Carbon trading programs have recently been implemented in Europe, and proposals for…
Read Blog DetailReduce the burden of the Business License Fee
Testimony before the Portland City Council January 18, 2007 I’m Steve Buckstein, Senior…
Read Blog DetailForward into the Past
This week TriMet began construction on its next light-rail project which will shut…
Read Blog DetailSustainability without education won’t work
An influential group of business and political leaders just completed their fifth annual…
Read Blog DetailWake up and Smell the Ammonia
In another one of its hyper-ventilating editorials on global warming, The Oregonian today…
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