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By Sally C. Pipes Some 60 percent of Americans—nearly 160 million people—get insurance…
Read Blog DetailBy Sally C. Pipes Some 60 percent of Americans—nearly 160 million people—get insurance…
Read Blog DetailBy William Newell Imagine you’re in a car traveling down I-5 at 60…
Read Blog DetailBy Todd Myers “The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raises the level…
Read Blog DetailIn previous decades the Portland region failed to meet national air quality standards…
Read Blog DetailBy William Newell Since 2001 the City of Portland has aimed to obtain…
Read Blog DetailLast week I wrote about the problems TriMet is having with its constantly…
Read Blog DetailBy Ken Ivory The federal government continues to control more than 50% of…
Read Blog DetailSalem Statesman Journal editor Dick Hughes just published a lengthy column asking whether…
Read Blog DetailOregon Governor John Kitzhaber, fresh off his early October special legislative session “Grand…
Read Blog DetailThe local transit agency, TriMet, likes to claim that continued expansion of the…
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Read Blog DetailThe Energy Trust of Oregon (ETO) is a non-profit organization that carries out…
Read Blog DetailThe quintessential American holiday, Thanksgiving evolved from the Pilgrims’ celebrations to thank God…
Read Blog DetailIf some Portlanders are confused about why we have a 19th century trolley…
Read Blog DetailSeven weeks after launch, Oregon’s online health insurance exchange Cover Oregon still hasn’t…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) is proposing that the Oregon State…
Read Blog DetailNovember 14, 2013 For immediate release Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. (503) 242-0900…
Read Blog DetailA City Club of Portland research panel has concluded that property tax limitation…
Read Blog DetailBy Sally C. Pipes With ObamaCare’s health insurance exchanges unraveling (especially HealthCare.gov, the…
Read Blog DetailThe federal government’s HealthCare.gov website has been nearly useless for a month. Now,…
Read Blog DetailFor more than a decade, the regional government, Metro, has been quietly herding…
Read Blog DetailBy Sally C. Pipes What was the worst product launch in history? New…
Read Blog DetailBy William Newell “If you like your health care plan, you can keep…
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Read Blog DetailBy Erin Shannon The debate over raising the minimum wage is everywhere. Fast…
Read Blog DetailThree weeks after launch, Oregon’s online health insurance exchange Cover Oregon hasn’t enrolled…
Read Blog DetailFeaturing Donald J. Boudreaux, economics professor at George Mason University and former president of…
Read Blog DetailPlease join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic led by Cascade President John Charles on Wednesday,…
Read Blog DetailThe State of Oregon is sending a survey to economic and community development…
Read Blog DetailIt seems that despite the best efforts of Oregon policymakers and law enforcement,…
Read Blog DetailLast week, TriMet proudly announced that the tracks for Milwaukie light rail had…
Read Blog DetailIn 1804 an Ursuline nun in New Orleans asked Thomas Jefferson to clarify…
Read Blog DetailBy William Newell Today, Oregon is at a crossroads. Oregonians must choose between…
Read Blog DetailSteve Buckstein presented the following testimony to the Joint Interim Committee on Special…
Read Blog DetailBy Sally C. Pipes Under the Affordable Care Act, state health insurance exchanges…
Read Blog DetailPlease join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic led by Cascade Founder Steve Buckstein on Wednesday,…
Read Blog DetailFree speech is not allowed on the sidewalk at Modesto Junior College in…
Read Blog DetailBy Sally C. Pipes Implementation of the Affordable Care Act continues this fall…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Oregon is scrambling to open its new federally…
Read Blog DetailPlease join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic led by Cascade President and CEO John…
Read Blog DetailA week after Labor Day, The Oregonian published a front-page story about Oregonians…
Read Blog DetailSeptember 12 will be the 15th anniversary of the opening of Westside MAX….
Read Blog DetailMackinac Center for Public Policy’s labor expert Vincent Vernuccio came to Portland in…
Read Blog DetailFor Immediate Release Media Contact Patrick Schmitt, patrick@cascadepolicy.org 503-242-0900 Angry protesters reject proposals…
Read Blog DetailBy William Newell Before people make financial decisions, most seek out information in…
Read Blog DetailWhile the first Labor Day was celebrated as a “workingman’s holiday” 131 years…
Read Blog DetailBy Paul R. Farago and Angela Eckhardt This is a slightly updated version…
Read Blog DetailWelfare currently pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, according to…
Read Blog DetailBy Erin Shannon In March, Portland’s City Council unanimously voted to enact mandatory…
Read Blog DetailLast week the Metro Council unanimously approved two resolutions in favor of subsidizing…
Read Blog DetailRecently, Mayor Charlie Hales gave a speech welcoming out-of-town dignitaries visiting Portland as…
Read Blog DetailOn August 15, 2013 the Metro Council unanimously approved two resolutions that move…
Read Blog DetailThe age-old misunderstanding over minimum wage laws may finally be resolving. The Nation…
Read Blog DetailOn Thursday, September 5 Cascade Policy Institute will be partnering with the Freedom Foundation to…
Read Blog DetailThe New York Times recently published a feature story about the closure of…
Read Blog DetailBy Brandon Maxwell Behind Oregon’s cultural mystique lies a troubling truth: Compared with…
Read Blog DetailBy William Newell Oregon’s 2013 legislative session ended with the passage of the…
Read Blog DetailEverybody can recall that one teacher who made a life-changing impression on them….
Read Blog DetailBy Kevin Sharp Last week, a private helicopter airlifted an injured Texas woman…
Read Blog DetailWe’ve all heard the adage that government should run like a business. The…
Read Blog DetailBy William Newell When you think of a school, you probably imagine classrooms…
Read Blog DetailBy Brandon Loran Maxwell What’s not to love about Oregon? It’s green. It’s…
Read Blog DetailBy F. Vincent Vernuccio “We are a democracy, we operate by majority rule….
Read Blog DetailBy John Glennon You should be able to decide what type of home…
Read Blog DetailFor Lovers of Limited Government Lazy Fair 2013 ! ¤ Refreshments ¤ B.B.Q. ¤ Camaraderie ¤ Barton Park 19009…
Read Blog DetailBy Sally C. Pipes More than 40 percent of small businesses have frozen…
Read Blog DetailBy Kevin Sharp With the recent suspension of the Columbia River Crossing project,…
Read Blog DetailOn July 4 we pay homage to the founding of our country. I…
Read Blog DetailBy Brandon Maxwell The Founding Fathers emphasized the vital need for the rule…
Read Blog DetailFor Immediate Release Media Contact John A. Charles, Jr., john@cascadepolicy.org 503-459-3727 Sarah Ross…
Read Blog DetailBy William Newell Medical technology has miraculously saved millions of lives. Our constitutionally…
Read Blog DetailRight to Work policies in 24 states allow workers the freedom to join…
Read Blog DetailCascade President and CEO John A. Charles, Jr. testified regarding a proposed economic…
Read Blog DetailSenior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein testified on Thursday before the Senate Committee on…
Read Blog DetailBy John Glennon President Obama said it himself: “If people cannot trust the…
Read Blog DetailOn June 14th, John Charles sent this letter to the Federal Transit Administration…
Read Blog DetailBy Benjamin Zycher “Small business” is the recipient of much official love (as…
Read Blog DetailHow free are you to engage in the occupation of your choice? In…
Read Blog DetailPlease join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic, led by our Chairman of the Board, Dr. Bill Conerly, on…
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Read Blog DetailFormer White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry gave a speech May 21 to…
Read Blog DetailBy Elise Hilton One in five Oregonians participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
Read Blog DetailPlease join Cascade Policy Institute for our next book forum featuring John Goodman,…
Read Blog DetailHaving come of age during tough financial times, Millennials may turn out to…
Read Blog DetailJoin Cascade Policy Institute in celebrating the 101st birthday of Dr. Milton Friedman….
Read Blog DetailBy Doug DeFilipps Education writer Betsy Hammond recently reported that, according to a…
Read Blog DetailBy Roger Stark, MD, FACS Does having health insurance actually save lives or…
Read Blog DetailBy Doug DeFilipps Imagine your government laid a tax on the entire population,…
Read Blog DetailThe transit agency for Vancouver (C-TRAN) is reconsidering its support for the Columbia…
Read Blog DetailPlease join us for Cascade’s monthly Policy Picnic, led by Cascade President and CEO John A….
Read Blog DetailBy Roger Stark, MD, FACS President Obama signed the federal health care bill,…
Read Blog DetailBy Doug DeFilipps The Beaverton City Council is considering exempting non-profit organizations that…
Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. submitted testimony on Monday to the Senate Committee on…
Read Blog DetailFebruary marked the four-year anniversary of the Westside Express Service (WES), the 14.7-mile…
Read Blog DetailSchool choice programs empower parents to choose the schools their children attend―public or…
Read Blog DetailSince 1995, Metro has been steadily buying up thousands of acres of undeveloped…
Read Blog DetailIn 2007 Governor Ted Kulongoski appointed me to represent taxpayers on the legislatively…
Read Blog DetailCongress is poised to raise taxes again, this time by allowing states to…
Read Blog DetailBy Todd Myers On April 22, in cities across America, some environmental activists…
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