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Business support for public power raises red flags
The failure of so-called electricity deregulation in California and the bankruptcy of Enron…
Read News DetailKeep the quorum: Preserve the double-majority rule
Low voter turnout in the recent Oregon primary election helped block numerous tax…
Read News DetailDo teacher unions really benefit children?
During the recent primary election the Oregon Education Association (OEA) got what it…
Read News DetailWhat if they held an election and no one came?
Voter apathy is the popular explanation for low voter turnout. As the director…
Read News DetailLesson from New Zealand: Plow under U.S. farm subsidies
President Bush showed his anti-consumer, anti-taxpayer side on Monday, May 13: he signed…
Read News DetailSchool funding waltz: Measure 5, equalization and legislative puppeteering
Political candidates and editorial boards across the state blame Measure 5 for centralizing…
Read News DetailDrug prohibition, cigarette taxes and terrorism
When U.S. Drug Czar John Walters spoke in Portland last Friday he touched…
Read News DetailPERS: Let’s talk solutions
Gubernatorial candidate Ron Saxton deserves praise for making the state’s financially insolvent Public…
Read News DetailWestside story shows land use planning flaws
Recently the Westside Economic Alliance and others sponsored an economic “summit” to examine…
Read News DetailBlack holes in education spending
Oregon’s budget crisis is a blessing in disguise for schools. It has helped…
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