MSA: Master Settlement Atrocity?
Summary While supposedly a boon for tobacco prevention efforts, the Master Settlement Agreement…
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“Pell Grants for Kids” Highlights Need for School Choice
Summary The demand for school choice is growing. The Children’s Scholarship Fund-Portland has…
Read Blog DetailClimate Change Nonsense from Davos
Yale University’s Center for Environmental Law and Policy released a report last week…
Read Blog DetailChange in Nano Doses
Summary Tata Motors’ Nano, the cheapest car in the world, was launched this…
Read Blog DetailIs health care a fundamental right?
The House Interim Committee on Health Care held a lively public hearing and…
Read Blog DetailBusiness Taxation: A Loose Cannon on a Dark Night
Summary The slogan, “Business should pay its fair share,” misses the point. No…
Read Blog DetailDriving Down Health Care Costs
Last week’s Oregon Health Summit in Salem featured experts talking with legislators, providers…
Read Blog DetailKeys to Opportunity in Crook County
Summary Welfare dependent people need access to physical, social and economic mobility to…
Read Blog DetailThe Hidden $6.2 BILLION Oregon PERS Liability
Summary A recent study of public sector retirement funds by The Pew Charitable…
Read Blog DetailEmpowering Health Care
While the debate continues over top-down, government-provided health care vs. consumer-driven, grassroots health…
Read Blog DetailEPA’s Rejection of California/Oregon Auto Emissions Standards: Much Ado About Nothing
Summary Clean-up of pollution from motor vehicles has been one of the great…
Read Blog DetailNo Love for Charter Schools
The Portland Public School Board recently denied all four requests from charter school…
Read Blog DetailThe Public Knows Something Is Wrong with Education … and It’s Not Lack of Money
Contrary to what the interest groups who run our public education system keep…
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