23 Million Reasons for Metro to Repeal Its Construction Excise Tax
By Jakob Puckett How much do we have to tax something to make…
Read Blog DetailBy Jakob Puckett How much do we have to tax something to make…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson The Metro Council voted June 7 to place a housing…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Decreasing ridership paired with increasing costs makes for a bad…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong This October, the Portland-area Metro Council will award the first…
Read Blog DetailSALEM, Ore. – Top Oregon Democrats, including Gov. Kate Brown and Sen. Jeff…
Read Blog DetailPORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Unions, and the people that make them up, headed…
Read Blog DetailThe Supreme Court issued a ruling in an Illinois labor case Wednesday that…
Read Blog DetailEUGENE, Ore. – Top public employee unions in Oregon are less than pleased…
Read Blog DetailThe Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong Could forgoing health insurance make health care more affordable? That’s…
Read Blog DetailBy Jakob Puckett When’s the last time you went to a store, and…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein On June 27 the U.S. Supreme Court restored First Amendment…
Read Blog DetailFor Immediate Release Media Contact: Steve Buckstein (503) 242-0900 Cascade Policy Institute stands…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson The Metro City Council voted June 7 to place a…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein What do Pac-Man and public pensions have in common? An…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield Are we waiting for Superman? In 2010, a documentary by…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein and Kathryn Hickok What do Pac-Man and public pensions have…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Last week President Trump signed a national Right to Try…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Oregon employers began receiving notices this week regarding…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein A 2017 national poll on education issues found, among other…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This is National Charter Schools Week. Did you know almost…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler hopes to spend $31…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Most Oregonians know that our state’s Public Employees Retirement System…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard and John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon legislature recently adjourned…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. February marked the nine-year anniversary of the Westside…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. February marked the nine-year anniversary of the Westside…
Read Blog DetailFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900 john@cascadepolicy.org PORTLAND, Ore….
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein While most Americans are reaping the benefits of the recent…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok and Steve Buckstein Three years ago, Oregon state government killed…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard and John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon Legislature is currently…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard Scott Shepard is a lawyer and was a visiting law…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. TriMet has been recruiting a new General Manager…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein In 2015 Oregon state government killed off what should have…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Governor Kate Brown opened this month’s legislative session with her…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Relying on computer models to predict the future…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein The Oregon House of Representatives has voted for HJR 203,…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein The Oregon House of Representatives has voted for HJR 203,…
Read Blog DetailTestimony of John A. Charles, Jr. President & CEO, Cascade Policy Institute Regarding…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon Legislature convened again this week. A…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein The Oregon legislature will embark on an “impossible mission” to…
Read Blog DetailBy Bobbie Jager For the second year in a row, Oregon has reported…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok This week is National School Choice Week, the world’s largest…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein To eventually end cigarette use in America, rather than rely…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon Department of Transportation is hosting three…
Read Blog DetailJanuary 16, 2018 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Steve Buckstein 503-242-0900 Oregonians will…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. In November the regional government, Metro, released the…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein By now you should have your ballot for the January…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok National School Choice Week is the world’s largest celebration of…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Denisha Merriweather failed third grade twice. Today, she is finishing…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Willamette Week recently reported that, sadly, Oregon has the third-lowest…
Read Blog DetailBy Aaron Withe and Steve Buckstein Each year, hundreds of millions of dollars…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Last Friday the Republican-controlled Senate passed a 479-page…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Oregon ranks 8th in the nation in “burdensome” occupational licensing laws,…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Oregon’s economy seems to be chugging along, yet many…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein You may not have learned this in school, but prior…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Oregonians will have the opportunity in January to vote No…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Earlier this year the state legislature passed a…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok EdChoice recently conducted a groundbreaking survey of military-connected families seeking…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The most serious problem facing Oregon right now…
Read Blog DetailBy Lydia White Affordable housing advocates are quick to criticize Portland City Council’s…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. On October 19 the Metro Council adopted an…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein What would you do if you read an article about…
Read Blog Detailby Richard Meinhard, Ph.D. and Steve Buckstein September 10, 2001 (contact information updated…
Read Blog DetailBy Steve Buckstein Oregon state legislators who voted for you to pay higher…
Read Blog DetailBy Kathryn Hickok Portland Public Schools is redrawing the boundaries of more than…
Read Blog DetailBy Lydia White Last week the Idaho Department of State Lands and the…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Some members of the Oregon Legislature think you…
Read Blog DetailContributors: Jeff Kropf; Steve Buckstein, Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Summary Despite an eight percent…
Read Blog DetailBy Randall Pozdena, Ph.D. Introduction and Executive Summary This paper examines the history…
Read Blog DetailBy Randall O’Toole Executive Summary Portland, Bend, Medford, and to a lesser degree…
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