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Travelers, Please Come to Portland … After We Clean Up the Place
By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. If you get the Sunday New York Times, your…
Read News DetailThe PERS Crisis at 21: The PERS Board Must Act
By adopting a near-zero assumed rate of return, PERS can become solvent in…
Read News DetailPDX to Invest $150,000 in Failed Housing Policy
Portland’s policy of Inclusionary Zoning makes housing less affordable for families. By Vlad…
Read News DetailThe Deadly Consequences of Catch-and-Release
By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. On Saturday, police responded to a call that a…
Read News DetailTime to Put the Brakes on Kate Brown’s Electric Vehicle Goal
By John A. Charles, Jr. President Biden is proposing to spend $174 billion…
Read News DetailZero Out Oregon’s PERS Crisis
By adopting a near-zero assumed rate of return, PERS can become solvent in…
Read News DetailThe Results of the Motel Program for the Homeless
How the Housing First approach keeps failing to support homeless reentry into independent…
Read News DetailHomeless Programs are Promising Excuses
By Vlad Yurlov The Portland region’s top homelessness officials delivered another set of…
Read News DetailOregon Senate Passes Largest School Budget in State History
State spending per student in public school is $2,000 more than average private…
Read News DetailA new loss of load probability heightens concerns over the Northwest’s power grid
By Rachel Dawson The race is on for a reliable power grid. A…
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