Category: Economic Opportunity

Recently, Willamette Week printed a story regarding non-profit organizations utilizing the Cooler Email…

This week, four new laws went into effect making it illegal for Oregon…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week that public employee unions can’t…

The 100th Portland Rose Festival has come and gone, but the great duct…

Response to “A Second Look at Microfinance: The Sequence of Growth and Credit…

Oregon presently has eight destination resorts that employ approximately 2,100 people. Destination resorts…

Testimony before the Portland City Council January 18, 2007 I’m Steve Buckstein, Senior…

The biggest question confronting private-sector industries in Oregon is how they will replace…

A great champion of human liberty passed away on November 16th at the…

Oregonians will vote on ten statewide citizen initiatives this November. One Willamette University…

Crisis of Legitimacy In recent years, the spectacle of Oregon courts overturning citizens’…

When the Oregon legislature convenes in January it will be asked to spend…

This week an Oregonian letter writer objected to a measure on November’s ballot…

Preface In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, taxing every sheet…

What if Oregon could enjoy the fastest economic growth of any state over…

Lately there has been much talk in political circles about the proposed ballot…

Recently the Portland City Council approved a $51 million dollar extension of the…

Last week, President Bush responded to the US Supreme Court’s decision on eminent…

Portland’s new campaign finance law is giving $145,000 in public funds to candidates…

The massive cost overruns on the aerial tram have been a source of…

Gresham is the latest Oregon community to do battle with retail giant Wal-Mart….

Steve Buckstein, Cascade Senior Policy Analyst and founder, was asked to give a presentation before The Dorchester Conference, billed as America’s oldest annual political conference, which took place in Seaside, Oregon the weekend of March 3-5, 2006. Steve’s previous presentations included arguments in favor of school choice and Social Security personal accounts.

The Oregon Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the constitutionality of Measure 37, the…

The revelation that Portland recently had the lowest average gasoline price in the…

Walgreens wants to open a drugstore in Sandy. Some local residents are opposed…

Biodiesel has hit center stage in the Northwest, and proposals for government support…

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday. We learned in grade school that it…

Remove Portland’s Business Income Tax to improve the city’s economy Summary The City…

The Portland Development Commission is close to spending millions of public dollars to…

Hurricane Katrina’s devastation is throwing a spotlight on federal regulations that could get…

Multnomah County Sheriff Bernie Guisto has suggested using the new and unused Wapato…

Imagine your door bell ringing at dinner time. It’s a politician asking for…

Willamette Week recently touted Oregon’s congressional delegation as “winners” for bringing home $2.7…

Recently, there has been a lot of debate around Wal-Mart’s plans to open…

This week US Senate Majority leader Bill Frist took a position in favor…

This week, the Oregon State Legislature will meet for the 200th calendar day…

A recent front-page photograph in The Oregonian featured two retired public school teachers,…

Government action often has unintended negative consequences. Of course, these consequences are generally…

Last week “the Supreme Court put a big UP FOR GRABS sign on…

Last Thursday, the Senate approved an energy plan requiring large utilities to generate…

Oregon food processors are the latest business interests flocking to Salem seeking tax…

The opposition to globalization and free trade is now evident in a new…

Oregon’s Education Service Districts administer state and federal programs and provide services such…

A new national report card funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts finds that…

Everyone agrees that the Oregon Legislature has a credibility problem. The Oregonian described…

Property rights — and liberty — were victorious on July 30th when the…

A new tool for helping the poor is proving effective around the world….

Last Monday, an historic event occurred in the skies over the Mojave Desert….

Recent revelations about SAIF Corporation have caused some to demand that the state…

Last week, the Portland City Council adopted a plan to build and finance…

We should applaud the demise of an Oregon Legislative Special Session for one…

In April, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) announced a two-year pilot project…

Even after voters soundly rejected a government takeover of Portland General Electric, Portland…

Bob Williams, president of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, once served as a Washington…

For the 2004-05 city budget, Portland Mayor Vera Katz proposes hiring 20 police…

Oregon finds itself in the middle of one of this year’s hottest presidential…

Earlier this month, Portland was designated by Inc. magazine as the eighth worst…

Federal job retraining programs ended up helping only 44 percent of the Oregonians…

Oregonians are busy debating whether the state should approve same-sex marriages. The better…

Paul Allen owns the Portland Trail Blazers and has privately funded the team…

The Portland Development Commission (PDC) just rejected the only Convention Center hotel proposal…

Voters did more than reject a big tax package on Tuesday, they gave…

Do you believe in Santa Claus? By the time most of us stop…

Until the February 3, 2004 vote on recalling the legislature’s $1 billion tax…

As Yogi Bera said, “this is like deja vu all over again.” Last…

At 70-years old, Bob Lowery isn’t anxious to sell the home he and…

Oregon can no longer claim the dubious honor of being the “hungriest state…

Last week the Texas Transportation Institute released its annual congestion rankings, and named…

The Small Business Survival Committee just released its 2003 Small Business Survival Index,…

When goods don’t cross borders, armies will, warned 18th Century French statesman Frederic…

If numbers don’t lie, Marie and her two little boys should be going…

The tragic deaths of eight young firefighters this week on Highway 20 near…

Advocates of government regulation are crowing over last Thursday’s biggest-ever electricity blackout in…

John F. Kennedy once remarked, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make…

Former Oregon Gov. Vic Atiyeh just testified in Salem about fixing the state’s…

The legislature and governor have signed off on reforms to Oregon’s extravagent Public…

A move is afoot in the Oregon legislature to increase taxes by watering…

Proponents of a taxpayer-supported baseball stadium in Portland argue it and a team…

Wilsonville Mayor Charlotte Lehan and Metro President David Bragdon are both complaining. Why?…

According to a United States Department of Agriculture survey, Oregon is the hungriest…

With April Fool’s Day just passed, Governor Kulongoski is poised to break his…

The Mayor of Oregon’s largest city delivered her annual State of the City…

The Sandy, Oregon, Planning Commission held a hearing last week on a proposal…

Some assumptions concerning public policy are false. “If government doesn’t do it, nobody…

A Portland newspaper editor recently implored in print, “We need a plan, people,…

After holding various political offices for 22 years, former Governor John Kitzhaber recently…

Many proponents of Measure 28 advocate it as the key to bolstering Oregon’s…

The New Year brings promise and opportunity for Oregon. Though we face challenges,…

Here’s wishing everyone a prosperous New Year. That’s not a trite phrase; it’s…

Most children are taught that Thanksgiving celebrates the Pilgrims’ first harvest and their…

Now that Oregon has a new governor-elect, speculation begins about how he will…

Every now and then we hear the call for taxpayer-funded political campaigns at…

A sign in a government community center reads, “Exercise your freedom and vote!”…