Transporting Low-Income Workers to a Better Future in Rural Oregon
Summary The growing number of low-income workers in Oregon’s rural counties calls attention…
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Health Insurance for the Few: The “Lexus” Model of Benefits
Summary Government health insurance mandates intended to increase health care coverage for all,…
Read Blog DetailNo Plan(ners) Required
Summary Central economic planning suffers from the fallacy of composition: assuming that what…
Read Blog DetailInvited testimony on health care reform proposals before the House Health Care Committee
Sally C. Pipes is President and CEO of Pacific Research Institute in San…
Read Blog DetailFreedom to Choose My School Grants
Finally, low-income students and their parents will be able to see the Oregon…
Read Blog DetailSummary Testimony Regarding HB 3244
HB 3244 is similar to HB 3948, which was enacted during the 2001…
Read Blog DetailOutline of comments on HB 2626-1 Amendments
Electronic waste is a challenge, not a crisis. Disposing of e-waste in a…
Read Blog DetailTestimony of John A. Charles, Jr. on SB 838
My name is John Charles, president of Cascade Policy Institute. Cascade is a…
Read Blog DetailSelf-employment, a way out of welfare
To fit in with the latest federal requirements set by Deficit Reduction Act…
Read Blog DetailNew Study Shows that Selling the Elliott State Forest Could Double the Common School Fund
For immediate release, March 19, 2007 Cascade Policy Institute released a report today…
Read Blog DetailAnother Option for School Funding: Selling the Elliott State Forest
Introduction School funding has become one of the most intractable policy issues of…
Read Blog DetailLegislative Leadership Forum – March 16, 2007
Ending Oregon’s War on the Poor 10 Strategies for Reducing Economic Barriers Cascade…
Read Blog DetailThe Great Green Power Swindle
One of the governor’s top priorities is SB 373, a bill mandating that…
Read Blog DetailEconomists DO NOT AGREE about elimination of the corporate kicker
The legislative debate on whether to finance a rainy day fund by ending…
Read Blog DetailThe business of a rainy day fund
Virtually everyone agrees that the state of Oregon needs a rainy day fund;…
Read Blog DetailProtecting the "victims"
There’s no one right or wrong way to hold an election in a…
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