Public Debt for Public Housing
By Vlad Yurlov In the 2018 general election, voters approved a bond measure…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov In the 2018 general election, voters approved a bond measure…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry Last fall, Portland voters approved a new 1% tax on…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. “Let ’em leave. Someone else’ll come in.” That was…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Portland politicians claim to be concerned about carbon…
Read Blog DetailJune 6, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. According to the state’s Global Warming Commission, Oregon…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This week, Oregon is facing a one-day teacher strike,…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. The Oregon Education Association is organizing a statewide walk-out…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Apparently, there is no limit to the Oregon legislature’s…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield April 16 was the first day of 2019 where the…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Remember that song about getting money for nothing? In…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield There’s nothing so permanent as a temporary government program, and…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. This week our State Treasurer, Tobias Read, issued…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Here’s a question for you: Why is housing so expensive…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Oregon will soon be the first state to have…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. The Oregon legislature is expected to pass a carbon cap-and-trade…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Remember that emotional final episode of the now-classic sitcom Friends?…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Executive Summary Education Savings Accounts deposit a percentage of…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Several members of the Portland Public Schools Community…
Read Blog DetailFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900 john@cascadepolicy.org PORTLAND, Ore….
Read Blog DetailBy Randall Pozdena, Ph.D. Executive Summary So-called smart growth policies are advocated as…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong The Oregon Department of Transportation recently published its Tier 1…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong Should the City of Portland invest taxpayer money in local…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Bull market? Bear market? Growth? Uncertainty? What does 2019 have…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Governor Kate Brown’s proposed two-year general fund budget…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong ABC’s Shark Tank may be coming to the Portland region—not…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Governor Kate Brown’s top health care administrator is…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Metro claims Measure 26-199 is designed to address affordable housing,…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The TriMet Board recently approved a plan to…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Because of Oregon’s recent and projected strong economy, a personal “kicker”…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong Portland’s Metro Council plans to award grants for its Investment…
Read Blog DetailBy Jakob Puckett How much do we have to tax something to make…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson The Metro Council voted June 7 to place a housing…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong This October, the Portland-area Metro Council will award the first…
Read Blog DetailSALEM, Ore. – Top Oregon Democrats, including Gov. Kate Brown and Sen. Jeff…
Read Blog DetailPORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Unions, and the people that make them up, headed…
Read Blog DetailThe Supreme Court issued a ruling in an Illinois labor case Wednesday that…
Read Blog DetailEUGENE, Ore. – Top public employee unions in Oregon are less than pleased…
Read Blog DetailThe Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong Could forgoing health insurance make health care more affordable? That’s…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson The Metro City Council voted June 7 to place a…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein What do Pac-Man and public pensions have in common? An…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein and Kathryn Hickok What do Pac-Man and public pensions have…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Oregon employers began receiving notices this week regarding…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein A 2017 national poll on education issues found, among other…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler hopes to spend $31…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok What’s better for welfare recipients and low-skilled workers: a higher…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Most Oregonians know that our state’s Public Employees Retirement System…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon legislature recently adjourned and once again…
Read Blog DetailFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900 john@cascadepolicy.org PORTLAND, Ore….
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein While most Americans are reaping the benefits of the recent…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard and John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon Legislature is currently…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard Scott Shepard is a lawyer and was a visiting law…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein The Oregon House of Representatives has voted for HJR 203,…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein To eventually end cigarette use in America, rather than rely…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. In November the regional government, Metro, released the…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein By now you should have your ballot for the January…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Willamette Week recently reported that, sadly, Oregon has the third-lowest…
Read Blog DetailBy Aaron Withe and Steve Buckstein Each year, hundreds of millions of dollars…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Last Friday the Republican-controlled Senate passed a 479-page…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Oregon’s economy seems to be chugging along, yet many…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Oregonians will have the opportunity in January to vote No…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. On October 19 the Metro Council adopted an…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Oregon state legislators who voted for you to pay higher…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Portland Public Schools is redrawing the boundaries of more than…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard Governor Kate Brown’s task force, assigned to find ways to…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Many Oregonians are now spending as much on health…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Oregon Governor Kate Brown has announced her intention…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein and Kathryn Hickok State economists have confirmed that individual Oregon…
Read Blog DetailAugust 2, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Steve Buckstein (503) 242-0900 steven@cascadepolicy.org…
Read Blog DetailBy Lydia White Soon after the Oregon Legislature passed a bill expected to generate $550…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein The Oregon legislature just passed, and the Governor signed, a…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Some members of the Oregon Legislature think you…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Individual Oregon income taxpayers may receive kicker refunds when they…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. An Oregon Legislative committee is proposing a massive…
Read Blog DetailBelow is a letter being distributed to all members of the Oregon House…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. In a recent interview with the Portland Business…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Despite an eight percent increase in general fund revenues,…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The news from Portland is that despite record…
Read Blog DetailBy Allison Coleman Portland-area voters just approved Ballot Measure 26-178, which imposes a…
Read Blog DetailBy Allison Coleman In 2001, the Portland City Council declared that by 2010,…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. and Allison Coleman Metro is asking for a…
Read Blog DetailTrying to sell voters on the largest tax increase in Oregon history, Measure…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Trying to sell voters on the largest tax increase in…
Read Blog DetailOnce again, Portland led the nation this July with its home prices rising…
Read Blog DetailELECTION RESULT: 59 percent of Oregon voters said NO to this sales tax…
Read Blog DetailThe massive gross receipts tax Measure 97 on Oregon’s November ballot (previously known…
Read Blog DetailThe biggest proposed tax increase in Oregon history now has a measure number….
Read Blog DetailFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Steve Buckstein steven@cascadepolicy.org 503-242-0900 PORTLAND, Ore. – Cascade…
Read Blog DetailNow that the massive Gross Receipts Tax measure IP 28 will be on…
Read Blog DetailPublic employee union backers of Initiative Petition 28 have turned in more than…
Read Blog DetailPublic employee union backers of Initiative Petition 28 have turned in more than…
Read Blog DetailIn the month since voters in Austin, Texas upheld new city regulations on…
Read Blog DetailGovernor Kate Brown opposes a plan by the Coquille Indian Tribe to build…
Read Blog DetailPublic employee union backers of Initiative Petition 28 appear to have turned in…
Read Blog DetailStudy Finds That Transportation Funding Should Be a State and Local Responsibility May…
Read Blog DetailGovernor Kate Brown opposes a plan by the Coquille Indian Tribe to build…
Read Blog DetailAre you happy getting three extra days to file your income tax returns…
Read Blog DetailIf every penny earned since the beginning of the year went to pay…
Read Blog DetailI’ve written and spoken about the damage that minimum wage laws do, not…
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