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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week’s snowstorm was more than a snow-pocalypse, it…
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Read Blog DetailFebruary 9, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cascade Policy Institute48/50 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.,…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. My, how time flies. Just last month, I warned…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. “We got a full tank of gas, half a…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. ‘Tis the season for holiday wishes. And, toward that…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. If the Oregon Department of Transportation has its way,…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. First they banned styrofoam, then last week they banned…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Portland is a world leader in magical thinking on…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. It’s the day after Election Day and the votes…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D “What’s the one thing you’d do to fix Oregon?”…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and his council…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This week, Portland City Council is considering five resolutions…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Yet again, Metro is asking for more money for…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. For most of us, homeless tents blocking sidewalks are…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. The ballot for November’s election is filling up, and…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. If you feel like Oregon politicians are spending more,…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. It seems everywhere you look, “clean energy” is in…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. It seems everywhere you look, “clean energy” is in…
Read Blog DetailBy Taylor Marks In 2014, Fire Station 21, located on SE Madison St….
Read Blog DetailBy Mia Tiwana Connecticut’s bus service just pulled its entire fleet of electric…
Read Blog DetailBy James Swyter and Mia Tiwana This month, Portland City Council approved $118…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Things are not going well in the Portland region….
Read Blog DetailBy Mia Tiwana Have you heard of the Portland Clean Energy Fund? Portlanders…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Two of my kids are young adults working retail….
Read Blog DetailBy Taylor Marks Too much, all at once. Portland’s city charter is long…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week, an Oregonian story reported that for years,…
Read Blog DetailBy Mia Tiwana Portland City Council is trying its best to bring electric…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. It’s budget season for local governments in Oregon. Budgets…
Read Blog DetailMay 24, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Eric Fruits, Ph.D.Office: (503) 242-0900eric@cascadepolicy.org…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. and Mia Tiwana Executive Summary In November 2020, Portland…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. State Representatives Karin Power (Milwaukie), Anna Williams (Hood…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry According to a revised report from economic consulting firm ECONorthwest,…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. For more than a year, Cascade Policy Institute has…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry For years, Portland residents have dealt with homeless individuals parking…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. The Census just released the latest population estimates and,…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Many Oregon politicians have convinced themselves that we…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This time they’re coming for your home. Earlier this…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Just five months ago, Portland City Council announced that…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry Everyone loves getting a raise. Our Oregon state legislators are…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. People in the Portland area love their parks and…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Think the natural gas industry is dying? The latest data…
Read Blog DetailHe Had the Right Approach on Homelessness By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Fewer than…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson A recent poll by the Portland Business Alliance found that…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry In December 2021, Metro, the Portland-area regional government, opened Newell…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson With the start of a new year, power customers will…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Just after dinner on New Year’s Eve, my oldest…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. What if everything we thought we knew about homelessness…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry It’s been more than six years since Portland declared a…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry In a recent November special election, Lincoln County approved a…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Governor Kate Brown has joined other state and national representatives…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. With the retirement of Bob Stacey earlier this month,…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Just over a year ago the Portland City Council cut…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry Over the course of more than 25 years, Metro’s parks…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. A few months ago, Oregonians learned they will be…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Apparently, “COVID time” is a real thing. A week…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry At a time when many Portlanders are sleeping on sidewalks,…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Did you just have an order for a desktop computer…
Read Blog DetailBy Mia Tiwana Portland’s Harriet Tubman Middle School might be on the move….
Read Blog Detail(Photo is a stock photo.) By Stew Robertson You would think Portland Parks…
Read Blog DetailBy Mia Tiwana If we want to continue seeing downtown Portland improve, maybe…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Oregonians are struggling to pay their utility bills. So then…
Read Blog DetailBy Stew Robertson The City of Portland’s housing state of emergency, first declared…
Read Blog DetailBy Mia Tiwana Portland is on its way to having more than three…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Portland’s housing crisis is now in its sixth year….
Read Blog DetailA proposed ordinance aims to deprioritize some homeless camps considered “low impact” By…
Read Blog DetailBy adopting a near-zero assumed rate of return, PERS can become solvent in…
Read Blog DetailPortland’s policy of Inclusionary Zoning makes housing less affordable for families. By Vlad…
Read Blog DetailBy adopting a near-zero assumed rate of return, PERS can become solvent in…
Read Blog DetailHow the Housing First approach keeps failing to support homeless reentry into independent…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov The Portland region’s top homelessness officials delivered another set of…
Read Blog DetailState spending per student in public school is $2,000 more than average private…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov Portland’s Lents neighborhood got a new homeless program in 2021….
Read Blog DetailChair Kafoury and Commissioners, Over the last year, the Joint Office of Homeless…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week, a Craigslist post brought it home—we’re in…
Read Blog DetailDoubling down on failing policy puts both homeless residents and taxpayers at risk…
Read Blog DetailApril 29, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cascade Policy Institute4850 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.,…
Read Blog DetailVia Email April 29, 2021 Metro Council600 NE Grand Ave.Portland, OR 97232 Re: …
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Read Blog DetailRaising prevailing wages would burden taxpayers and marginalize minorities By Vlad Yurlov Bad…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Last November, Oregon voters approved three ballot measures…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov It’s a bad sign when businesses need to fortify their…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s office reached…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov and Eric Fruits, Ph.D. A recent Oregonian/OregonLive editorial criticizes Metro’s…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov Why is “affordable housing” so expensive? Many politicians, bureaucrats, and…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Oregon is home to NuScale Power, the nation’s leading small…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok and Helen Doran Every parent knows a solid education prepares…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Should governments use taxpayer dollars to support select companies of…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov If you thought hospital food was bland now, get ready…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Oregonians blame Californians for many of our state’s woes….
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov Since 2015, Portland City Council has declared continuous housing emergencies….
Read Blog DetailJanuary 22, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Eric Fruits, Ph.D.Office: (503) 242-0900eric@cascadepolicy.org…
Read Blog DetailSome straightforward solutions to a complex problem By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. and Vlad…
Read Blog DetailBy Helen Doran What does an old industrial site from World War II…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Chalres. Jr. Every month when you pay your electricity bill,…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson In the middle of a worldwide pandemic that has decimated…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Oregon couldn’t let a new year commence without the rollout…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov When businesses fail, they shut down. But when the government…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This year, Oregon passed a major milestone. In 2020,…
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