A service of the Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two Oregonians who tried to enter a Palisades Fire evacuation zone while pretending to be firefighters, a day after they admitted having been granted access to the zone, according to LA Sheriff’s Office. Dustin Nehl, 31, and Jennifer Nehl, 44, in a firetruck…
Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The FBI asked the public in a news conference for help to find the person who set 3 ballot boxes on fire with incendiary devices in the Portland Vancouver area last fall. They are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, If it feels like Portland homeowners are struggling to keep up with mortgage payments lately, it’s true, as seen by an analysis by Zoocasa. The real estate company compared the growth in income in different cities from May 2018 to May 2023 to the increase in mortgage payments during…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Liberals attack our health care system by stating that the United States is spending more on health care than other nations, and therefore we need more government control and regulations. As the chart above shows, a nation’s health care spending is tightly correlated to the wealth of a nation…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The plan to create a new casino near Medford, Oregon is advancing as the President Biden administration has given signs of approval for a Coquille tribe plan for their Medford casino. This is part of a 12-year long battle for the tribe. It would be a 30,000-square-foot casino with…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A woman who trains people to guide others on psychedelic mushroom trips and calls it a religion may lose her company’s exempt status from government oversight if the Oregon Health Authority follows through on its threat to revoke approval of Myco-Method, according to according to Willamette Week. The OHA…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Intel announced that it is laying off 1,200 Oregon workers in the Portland Metro area. Nationwide, Intel is expected to lay off a total of 15,000 workers. This comes after Biden awarded Intel $8 billion in CHIPS Act grants. This means the industry as a whole is in deep…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, As Axios reports, drug deaths via overdose are steeply falling across the United States, just not in Oregon or Alaska. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from the dates of May of 2023 and April of 2024, Oregon witnessed nearly 1,900 overdose deaths.…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Oregon is witnessing a near 20% decline in hop crop harvesting. This is the second year in a row. This follows a national decline in beer sales. At the same time of Oregon’s 20% drop, local politicians are pushing an alcohol tax on Oregonians to discourage drinking among adults…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, In light of Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, visit to Congress this week, we created this graphic to map out the Israel-Hamas conflict. As the graphic shows, Israel is being attacked by forces within six different nations, all supplied by Iran. It also shows some of the 120 attacks…