An Inconvenient Comparison: Should Oregon Trust Europe’s Model of CO2 Trading?
Summary Oregon’s carbon dioxide emissions are already so low that voluntarily participating in…
Read Blog DetailSummary Oregon’s carbon dioxide emissions are already so low that voluntarily participating in…
Read Blog DetailThe Portland Development Commission (the semi-independent economic development arm of the Portland City…
Read Blog DetailIntroduction The subject of health care reform in the United States has become…
Read Blog DetailIntroduction The subject of health care reform in the United States has become…
Read Blog DetailIntroduction In the United States, most health insurance coverage is obtained either through…
Read Blog DetailOregonians will vote on ten statewide citizen initiatives this November. One Willamette University…
Read Blog DetailSummary Oregon’s cigarette tax has become an “essential” source of funding for government…
Read Blog DetailSummary The ways in which Oregon judges are selected and held accountable lead…
Read Blog DetailCrisis of Legitimacy In recent years, the spectacle of Oregon courts overturning citizens’…
Read Blog DetailHow many of us remember the scenes of young East Germans risking their…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon House Select Committee on Education, chaired by Representative Linda Flores, is…
Read Blog DetailFederal tax credits for hybrid-electric vehicles manufactured by Toyota will be cut in…
Read Blog DetailSummary Prevailing wage laws discriminate against one group of workers in favor of…
Read Blog DetailIntroduction and Summary “Prevailing” wage legislation requires that a particular wage rate be…
Read Blog DetailWhen the Oregon legislature convenes in January it will be asked to spend…
Read Blog DetailMetro recently decided to impose a $0.25 tax on all Oregon zoo admissions,…
Read Blog DetailThis week an Oregonian letter writer objected to a measure on November’s ballot…
Read Blog DetailThe Portland City Council wants to spend at least 30% of all urban…
Read Blog DetailPreface In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, taxing every sheet…
Read Blog DetailThe biggest private foundation in the world is pouring millions of dollars into…
Read Blog DetailSummary Oregon state and local governments levy over $268 million a year in…
Read Blog DetailAccording to a recent poll commissioned by several environmental groups, only two percent…
Read Blog DetailSummary The Rainy Day Amendment responds to the fact that Oregon’s state budget…
Read Blog DetailWhat if Oregon could enjoy the fastest economic growth of any state over…
Read Blog DetailLately there has been much talk in political circles about the proposed ballot…
Read Blog DetailRecently the Portland City Council approved a $51 million dollar extension of the…
Read Blog DetailThe Portland City Council recently approved an initiative mandating the sale of ethanol-blended…
Read Blog DetailWe are living in an age where growing numbers of individuals and groups…
Read Blog DetailLast week, President Bush responded to the US Supreme Court’s decision on eminent…
Read Blog DetailThe high cost of healthcare these days is astounding, and so is the…
Read Blog DetailOregonians have nixed a sales tax nine times at the ballot box, yet…
Read Blog DetailOregon owns a billion dollars worth of agricultural and timber land that is…
Read Blog DetailLast November state economists estimated that Oregon’s tax revenues could exceed their projections…
Read Blog DetailPortland City Commissioner Randy Leonard wants the government to use its power of…
Read Blog DetailINTRODUCTION by Steve Buckstein In 1991, two distinct educational reform paths took off…
Read Blog DetailThe Portland Public School District is going through a painful process of closing…
Read Blog DetailThe Black Alliance for Educational Options and the Cascade Policy Institute present highlights…
Read Blog DetailThe Black Alliance for Educational Options and the Cascade Policy Institute present highlights…
Read Blog DetailThe American Beverage Association announced last week that it has worked with the…
Read Blog DetailSummary Three state lawmakers have turned the philosophy of individual rights on its…
Read Blog DetailWhile most Portlanders are focused on the Portland Public School District’s financial woes…
Read Blog DetailClick here to read the report in PDF format This year, as you…
Read Blog DetailThe State of Oregon sued tobacco companies this week to recover more money…
Read Blog DetailIntroduction In January, 2006, the Portland School Board voted to “reorder” the Jefferson…
Read Blog DetailCritics Charge Portland Public Schools with Sub-Standard Education This report was recently covered…
Read Blog DetailCritics Charge Portland Public Schools with Sub-Standard Education This report was recently covered…
Read Blog DetailPortland’s new campaign finance law is giving $145,000 in public funds to candidates…
Read Blog DetailThe massive cost overruns on the aerial tram have been a source of…
Read Blog DetailLast Wednesday the Bush administration announced new fuel economy standards for light trucks…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s school funding debate has entered a new phase. Last week several school…
Read Blog DetailSummary The 2005 Oregon Legislature sought to improve health insurance by adding to…
Read Blog DetailGresham is the latest Oregon community to do battle with retail giant Wal-Mart….
Read Blog DetailA new task force has been appointed to review Oregon’s statewide land-use planning…
Read Blog DetailKirby Dyess, vice president of the State Board of Higher Education, stunned her…
Read Blog DetailSteve Buckstein, Cascade Senior Policy Analyst and founder, was asked to give a presentation before The Dorchester Conference, billed as America’s oldest annual political conference, which took place in Seaside, Oregon the weekend of March 3-5, 2006. Steve’s previous presentations included arguments in favor of school choice and Social Security personal accounts.
Read Blog DetailFinally, something we can all agree on. Pro-government and anti-tax activists alike are…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the constitutionality of Measure 37, the…
Read Blog DetailThere may be hope for the Portland City Council yet. After being thoroughly…
Read Blog DetailSummary John Stossel’s recent TV special, “Stupid in America” energized the debate about…
Read Blog DetailIf you can’t convince legislators to spend more money on the public school…
Read Blog DetailOne of the biggest challenges for parents is deciding where to live in…
Read Blog DetailSummary Though efforts to promote biodiesel have focused on subsidies and use mandates,…
Read Blog DetailThe revelation that Portland recently had the lowest average gasoline price in the…
Read Blog DetailSummary International commitments to increase foreign aid to African nations ignore the causes…
Read Blog DetailLast week the Florida Supreme Court threw out the state’s “Opportunity Scholarships” that…
Read Blog DetailWalgreens wants to open a drugstore in Sandy. Some local residents are opposed…
Read Blog DetailBiodiesel has hit center stage in the Northwest, and proposals for government support…
Read Blog DetailOregon Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo decided last week that a key…
Read Blog DetailSummary Several studies on global climate change fall short on empirical data, relying…
Read Blog DetailNow that Oregon’s economy is finally showing signs of life, we are again…
Read Blog DetailThanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday. We learned in grade school that it…
Read Blog DetailCan states solve their public education problems by directing a higher percentage of…
Read Blog DetailRemove Portland’s Business Income Tax to improve the city’s economy Summary The City…
Read Blog DetailSummary Proposed legislation against “price gouging” is a bad idea. Rising prices in…
Read Blog DetailThe Portland Development Commission is close to spending millions of public dollars to…
Read Blog DetailTwo years ago my family began making our own homemade diesel out of…
Read Blog DetailHurricane Katrina’s 372,000 displaced school children have become pawns in a political game…
Read Blog DetailOregon recently became the first state to require prescriptions for medications whose ingredients…
Read Blog DetailSummary Oregon is repeating Prohibition-era mistakes with the state’s new meth laws. Regulating…
Read Blog DetailHurricane Katrina’s devastation is throwing a spotlight on federal regulations that could get…
Read Blog DetailMultnomah County Sheriff Bernie Guisto has suggested using the new and unused Wapato…
Read Blog DetailImagine your door bell ringing at dinner time. It’s a politician asking for…
Read Blog DetailWillamette Week recently touted Oregon’s congressional delegation as “winners” for bringing home $2.7…
Read Blog DetailRecently, there has been a lot of debate around Wal-Mart’s plans to open…
Read Blog DetailThis week US Senate Majority leader Bill Frist took a position in favor…
Read Blog DetailSummary A Fourth of July flea market is a fitting celebration for the…
Read Blog DetailThis week, the Oregon State Legislature will meet for the 200th calendar day…
Read Blog DetailSummary Canada’s single-payer health care system was dealt a near-fatal blow in June…
Read Blog DetailCompanies buying hybrid gas-electric cars might be saving more on their taxes than…
Read Blog DetailSummary Proponents of new and more extensive laws against discrimination seem to lack…
Read Blog DetailA recent front-page photograph in The Oregonian featured two retired public school teachers,…
Read Blog DetailGovernment action often has unintended negative consequences. Of course, these consequences are generally…
Read Blog DetailSummary Occupational licensing boards often make licensing requirements arbitrarily difficult, limiting the competition…
Read Blog DetailLast week “the Supreme Court put a big UP FOR GRABS sign on…
Read Blog DetailLast Thursday, the Senate approved an energy plan requiring large utilities to generate…
Read Blog DetailSummary Fraudulent unemployment insurance claims cost Oregon taxpayers $76.3 million in 2003, or…
Read Blog DetailThe Canadian Supreme Court recently dealt a serious blow to the notion that…
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…
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