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Testimony on HB 2557
Before the House Business and Labor Committee on certain exemptions from prevailing wage…
Read News DetailTestimony on SB 580
Before the Senate Business, Transportation and Workforce Development Committee on the establishment of…
Read News DetailLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of Wi-Fi
Summary As Thomas Sowell once wrote, “What is politically defined as economic ‘planning’…
Read News DetailSmith and Wyden on health care reform
Oregon’s two U.S. Senators spoke on a wide range of issues at a…
Read News DetailOregon Legislative Update
Summary The 2007 Oregon State Legislature is in full swing and it’s getting…
Read News DetailReal Leadership is More than Just Tilting at Windmills
On Monday, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman signed the nation’s first universal school voucher…
Read News DetailComments on the Discussion Draft Report of the City of Portland Peak Oil Task Force
Speculation about “peak oil” is an intellectual fad that has been fashionable at…
Read News DetailLuddites against Internet learning
Oregon currently has 70 public charter schools which provide for some diversity in…
Read News DetailOutline of Testimony by John A. Charles, Jr. Regarding HB 2201
Tobacco taxes present a moral hazard. By using this as a finance measure,…
Read News DetailOutline of Remarks on SB 187
The primary effect of Oregon’s land-use regulatory system (especially the use of UGBs…
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