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Now that Oregon’s economy is finally showing signs of life, we are again…
Read Blog DetailNow that Oregon’s economy is finally showing signs of life, we are again…
Read Blog DetailTwo years ago my family began making our own homemade diesel out of…
Read Blog DetailLast year, Inc. magazine rated Portland the nation’s eighth worst metro area in…
Read Blog DetailCritics are complaining that corporations pay less than their fare share of taxes…
Read Blog DetailAs the debate over Social Security reform heats up, one area of disagreement…
Read Blog DetailNot too many years ago, the Public Broadcasting Service asked this provocative question:…
Read Blog DetailSummary This report updates and expands on a previous Cascade Policy Institute report…
Read Blog DetailIn 2003, Portland and Multnomah County politicians cried crisis and pushed a new…
Read Blog DetailPublic health nannies complain that the defeat of Measure 30 reduced Oregon’s tobacco…
Read Blog DetailVarious groups are organizing tax reform meetings throughout the state. The big question:…
Read Blog DetailSome folks are pushing higher taxes in Oregon as a way to strengthen…
Read Blog DetailOregonians will soon vote on the legislature’s $1 billion tax package. Because this…
Read Blog DetailUnion workers in Patient Business Services at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU)…
Read Blog DetailPreface Watershed events often become dividing lines in history. Twenty-five years ago, Californians…
Read Blog DetailCompetitive bidding has been successfully employed around the world to help reduce the…
Read Blog DetailOn September 9, Alabama voters rejected a $1.2 billion tax increase. Some 67…
Read Blog DetailWhat do you think about the recent politician-approved three-year “temporary” state income tax…
Read Blog DetailThe Statesman Journal has a counter on its website tallying the taxpayer burden…
Read Blog DetailThe mass exodus of Oregon public employees—due to pending changes in the Public…
Read Blog DetailWhy should doing something that is legal today land you in jail tomorrow?…
Read Blog DetailMultnomah County voters just approved Oregon’s only local income tax, primarily to help…
Read Blog DetailAs Multnomah County voters make up their minds about the new county income…
Read Blog DetailClose on the heels of Measure 28’s failure Portland and Multnomah County officials…
Read Blog DetailOregon legislators are eager to review existing tax breaks. The thinking is, some…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon Road User Fee Task Force recently became the object of scorn…
Read Blog DetailOregonians have nixed a sales tax nine times at the ballot box, yet…
Read Blog DetailDuring the last session Oregon legislators created the current budget shortfall. They added…
Read Blog DetailPortland’s Mayor Katz and Commissioner Sten are spending a half-million dollars to study…
Read Blog DetailIn June of 1993 Cascade Policy Institute published the report Seven Principles of…
Read Blog DetailThe stock market has plunged over the last two years. Recent corporate accounting…
Read Blog DetailLow voter turnout in the recent Oregon primary election helped block numerous tax…
Read Blog DetailWhen U.S. Drug Czar John Walters spoke in Portland last Friday he touched…
Read Blog DetailGubernatorial candidate Ron Saxton deserves praise for making the state’s financially insolvent Public…
Read Blog DetailThe collapse of Enron has been grabbing headlines for months. Politicians are on…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregonian‘s four-part story about Oregon’s slowly collapsing highway bridges points to a…
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