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Prevailing Wage Laws: Legislating Inequity
Summary Prevailing wage laws discriminate against one group of workers in favor of…
Read News DetailPrevailing Wage Laws: Legislating Inequity
Introduction and Summary “Prevailing” wage legislation requires that a particular wage rate be…
Read News DetailShould government invest in wave machines?
When the Oregon legislature convenes in January it will be asked to spend…
Read News DetailIt Starts With a Quarter
Metro recently decided to impose a $0.25 tax on all Oregon zoo admissions,…
Read News DetailTerm Limits are an American Tradition
This week an Oregonian letter writer objected to a measure on November’s ballot…
Read News DetailRe-arranging Deck Chairs on the Housing Titanic
The Portland City Council wants to spend at least 30% of all urban…
Read News DetailTobacco Revenues Prove Addictive
Preface In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, taxing every sheet…
Read News DetailBig Money doesn’t help Small Schools
The biggest private foundation in the world is pouring millions of dollars into…
Read News DetailTaxing Oregon’s Tourists
Summary Oregon state and local governments levy over $268 million a year in…
Read News DetailAn Inconvenient Poll
According to a recent poll commissioned by several environmental groups, only two percent…
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