Broken Promises: The Real Trends in TriMet’s Transit Performance (2004-2015)
TriMet’s ridership is declining and its level of fixed-route service is lower today…
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No Fake Emergencies
I’ve written and spoken about the damage that minimum wage laws do, not…
Read Blog DetailPolicy Picnic – March 30, 2016
Catch the Aloha Spirit! Join us for a “Policy Luau” led by Tim Lussier,…
Read Blog DetailFailed Promises: Why the Legislature Should Reject TriMet’s Request for New Spending Authority
TriMet is currently seeking new spending authority in SB 1510 to help finance…
Read Blog DetailTriMet’s 7-Year-Old WES Line: Still a Project in Search of a Purpose
February marks the seven-year anniversary of the Westside Express Service (WES), the 14.7-mile…
Read Blog DetailWES at 7: Still a Financial Train Wreck
February marks the seven-year anniversary of the Westside Express Service (WES), the 15-mile…
Read Blog DetailOpen Wide Your Hand to the Needy; Don’t Coerce Others to Open Wide Theirs
Oregon is on the way to becoming the highest minimum wage state in…
Read Blog DetailOregon electricity ratepayers about to be ripped off with so-called “clean energy” bill
Oregon’s electricity ratepayers are supposed to be protected from monopolistic electric utilities by…
Read Blog DetailFreedom in Fiction: A Man for All Seasons
“If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge,” said Supreme Court…
Read Blog DetailExtending Oregon’s Public School Open Enrollment Law Empowers Parents
This week the Oregon State Senate passed an extension of Oregon’s open enrollment…
Read Blog DetailWhat Can Be Learned from Portland’s Smart Growth Experience?
The annual “New Partners for Smart Growth” conference opens in Portland on Thursday,…
Read Blog DetailIs Oregon Getting More Business Unfriendly?
Oregon is known as a small business state. Few large corporations are headquartered…
Read Blog DetailNot One Dollar More
The State of Oregon will sell 84,000 acres of the Elliott State Forest…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Minimum Wage Law Perverts Compassion into Coercion
Picture two Oregon workers. One, a highly skilled and educated woman named Kate,…
Read Blog DetailPolicy Picnic – February 25, 2016
Please join us for our monthly Policy Picnic led by Cascade President and CEO John A….
Read Blog Detail2016’s Record-Breaking Celebration of School Choice
This week is National School Choice Week. Every January, National School Choice Week…
Read Blog DetailOregon Legislature Should Continue Open Enrollment in Public Schools
By Bobbie Jager This week marks National School Choice Week, and states across…
Read Blog DetailPress Release: Largest Celebration of Education Reform in U.S. History Begins January 24
January 22, 2016 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Steve Buckstein 503-242-0900 or [email protected]…
Read Blog DetailWill Oregon Price the Least-Skilled out of the Workforce…Too Slowly?
As Oregon’s February legislative session approaches, Governor Kate Brown wants to head off…
Read Blog DetailElectric Utilities Should Call the Bluff of Green Radicals
Two committees of the Oregon Legislature will hear presentations this week on a…
Read Blog DetailTaxpayers Bear the Risk of a Very Rich Oregon Public Employees Retirement System
By Randall Pozdena The Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) fund is, once…
Read Blog DetailU.S. Supreme Court Today Hears Teachers’ Case to Be Free from All Union Dues
The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments this morning in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case aimed at protecting the First Amendment rights of free speech and free association for public employees nationwide, including Oregon.
Read Blog Detail“They Left out Radio!” ― Human creativity is the key to economic growth
Bull market? Bear market? Recession? Recovery? What does 2016 have in store for…
Read Blog DetailPolicy Picnic – January 28, 2016
Please join us for our monthly Policy Picnic led by Cascade Founder and Senior Policy Analyst…
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