New Report Shows Oregon School Trust Income Would Go Up by 600% if Lands Were Sold
Cascade Policy Institute released a study today showing that revenue generated for schools by the…
Author John A Charles Jr
OPINION: Overtaxed and Underbuilt
By John A. Charles Jr of Cascade Policy Institute on May 23, 2017 An Oregon…
The Greatest Challenge to Traffic Safety? It’s Not Residential Speed Limits
Earlier this week the Oregon House of Representatives passed HB 2682, which will allow Portland…
Car Ownership Is Not a Crime
A bill was recently introduced in the state legislature that would impose a $1,000 ownership…
Elliott State Forest: Kate Brown’s Math Problem
For the past 18 months, the Oregon Land Board has been working to sell the…
Trust Lands Should Be Auctioned to High Bidder to Benefit Schools
In his recent guest column, Director of the Oregon Department of State Lands Jim Paul summarizes…
If Gambling Is a Problem, Who Is Responsible?
Governor Kate Brown opposes a plan by the Coquille Indian Tribe to build a casino…
Why is the State Land Board Selling the Elliott State Forest without Competitive Bidding?
(Photo courtesy of oregon.gov) In August 2015 the Oregon Land Board (Governor Kate Brown, Secretary…
Get Ready for High-Cost Electricity
In the recently concluded session of the Oregon legislature, the big environmental “win” was Senate…
Oregon Scraping Bottom in State Integrity Rankings
(Photo courtesy of TriMet.org) Over the past four years, TriMet and Metro have been planning…