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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. By the time you’re reading this, your May primary…
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By John A. Charles, Jr. State Representatives Karin Power (Milwaukie), Anna Williams (Hood…
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By Micah Perry According to a revised report from economic consulting firm ECONorthwest,…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Next week is National Charter Schools Week. Oregon passed…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. For more than a year, Cascade Policy Institute has…
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By Kathryn Hickok The last two years have made it clear: Oregon parents…
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By Micah Perry For years, Portland residents have dealt with homeless individuals parking…
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By Micah Perry The Oregon Transportation Commission recently decided how to allocate $412…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. The Census just released the latest population estimates and,…
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By John A. Charles, Jr. Many Oregon politicians have convinced themselves that we…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This time they’re coming for your home. Earlier this…
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By Micah Perry According to a new survey from the Oregon Values and…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Just five months ago, Portland City Council announced that…
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By Micah Perry Everyone loves getting a raise. Our Oregon state legislators are…
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By John A. Charles, Jr. March 1, 2022Rosanne Powell, Senior Board ManagerPortland Public…
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February 24, 2022 Senate Committee on EducationOregon State Legislature Re: Support for SB…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. People in the Portland area love their parks and…
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By Rachel Dawson Think the natural gas industry is dying? The latest data…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Why does Oregon still have a mask mandate? Oregon…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Public meetings can be boring, but those meetings are…
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By Micah Perry Land use regulations in Oregon are adversely impacting the state’s…
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He Had the Right Approach on Homelessness By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Fewer than…
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By John A. Charles, Jr. February 3, 2022Senate Natural Resources CommitteeState CapitolSalem, OR…
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By Rachel Dawson A recent poll by the Portland Business Alliance found that…
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By Micah Perry In December 2021, Metro, the Portland-area regional government, opened Newell…
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By Kathryn Hickok Oregon students are now half-way through their third school year…
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By Kathryn Hickok January 23-29 is National School Choice Week, a 50-state celebration…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. COVID-19 disrupted—and may continue to disrupt—in-person learning at many…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Earlier this week, the Michigan Democratic Party’s Facebook account…
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By Rachel Dawson With the start of a new year, power customers will…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Just after dinner on New Year’s Eve, my oldest…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. As 2021 is wrapping up, it turns out that…
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By Rachel Dawson Nearly a year after Oregon’s drug decriminalization experiment began, results…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. What if everything we thought we knew about homelessness…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. If you guessed that Oregonians think homelessness is the…
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By John A. Charles, Jr. Testimony of John A. Charles, Cascade Policy InstituteBefore…
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By Rachel Dawson The era of small-modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) is upon us,…
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By Micah Perry It’s been more than six years since Portland declared a…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last month, the Oregonian excitedly reported some great news:…
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By Rachel Dawson The public school shutdowns have gone too far. Once reserved…
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By John A. Charles, Jr. The Tigard City Council is going through the…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Economist Milton Friedman passed away 15 years ago this…
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By Rachel Dawson Portland General Electric is living a virtual power plant pipe…
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By Micah Perry In a recent November special election, Lincoln County approved a…
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By Kathryn Hickok This fall, Oregon children began their third school year since…
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By Rachel Dawson Governor Kate Brown has joined other state and national representatives…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. With the retirement of Bob Stacey earlier this month,…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Next week, the Washington County Commission is expected to…
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By John A . Charles, Jr.TO: Metro Transportation Planning DepartmentFM: John A. Charles,…
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By Micah Perry Tired of wearing a mask? You’re not alone. In August,…
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By Rachel Dawson Just over a year ago the Portland City Council cut…
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By Micah Perry Over the course of more than 25 years, Metro’s parks…
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By Rachel Dawson Oregon elected officials and appointed staff love to claim they…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. A few months ago, Oregonians learned they will be…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Apparently, “COVID time” is a real thing. A week…
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By Micah Perry At a time when many Portlanders are sleeping on sidewalks,…
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By Rachel Dawson Environmental groups including the Sierra Club and Western Resource Advocates…
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By Kathryn Hickok During the past 18 months, parents have taken a hard…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week, I attended my first out-of-state conference in…
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By Micah Perry In this summer’s Olympic Games, Oregon natives Kim Hill and…
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By John A. Charles, Jr. Politicians have a lot in common with magicians….
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By Stewart Robertson Recently, Governor Kate Brown quietly signed Senate Bill 744. The…
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By Rachel Dawson Did you just have an order for a desktop computer…
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By Mia Tiwana Portland’s Harriet Tubman Middle School might be on the move….
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On September 15, 2021 at noon PDT, Cascade Policy Institute will be joined…
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(Photo is a stock photo.) By Stew Robertson You would think Portland Parks…
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By Mia Tiwana If we want to continue seeing downtown Portland improve, maybe…
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By Rachel Dawson Oregonians are struggling to pay their utility bills. So then…
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By Stew Robertson The City of Portland’s housing state of emergency, first declared…
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By Mia Tiwana Portland is on its way to having more than three…
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July 9, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:John A. Charles, Jr.President & CEOCascade…
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Light rail has problems with reliability despite massive government funding. By Stew Robertson…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Portland’s housing crisis is now in its sixth year….
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A proposed ordinance aims to deprioritize some homeless camps considered “low impact” By…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. If you get the Sunday New York Times, your…
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By adopting a near-zero assumed rate of return, PERS can become solvent in…
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Portland’s policy of Inclusionary Zoning makes housing less affordable for families. By Vlad…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. On Saturday, police responded to a call that a…
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By John A. Charles, Jr. President Biden is proposing to spend $174 billion…
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By adopting a near-zero assumed rate of return, PERS can become solvent in…
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How the Housing First approach keeps failing to support homeless reentry into independent…
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By Vlad Yurlov The Portland region’s top homelessness officials delivered another set of…
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State spending per student in public school is $2,000 more than average private…
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By Rachel Dawson The race is on for a reliable power grid. A…
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By Vlad Yurlov Portland’s Lents neighborhood got a new homeless program in 2021….
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Chair Kafoury and Commissioners, Over the last year, the Joint Office of Homeless…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week, a Craigslist post brought it home—we’re in…
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The “No More Freeways” mantra is extending Portland’s worst bottleneck By Vlad Yurlov…
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Doubling down on failing policy puts both homeless residents and taxpayers at risk…
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By Helen Doran Learning pods have become a popular solution for parents searching…
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. We’ve heard a lot of bad news during the…
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April 29, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cascade Policy Institute4850 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.,…
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Via Email April 29, 2021 Metro Council600 NE Grand Ave.Portland, OR 97232 Re: …
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April 21, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cascade Policy Institute4850 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.,…
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Via EmailApril 20, 2021 Senate Committee on EducationOregon State Legislature Re: Support for…
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