A service of the Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation According to a National Association of Realtors study using USPS change-of-address data, Oregon was one of the top states people moved out of. Oregon’s net migration loss for 2022 was 17,331 people, or .4% of its population.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A Brookings Episcopal Church faces fines of up to $720 a day for feeding homeless people at its church in a residential area at the same time Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has promised to look into providing more shelters in rural areas for people without roofs over their heads,…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation The double-digit percentage growth in cannabis harvested in Oregon for recreational marijuana since legalization in 2015 has slowed to a trickle as the state saw its first-ever decline in sales in 2022, according to the latest Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission report. A huge cannabis harvest in 2021 created…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation Anyone pumping a vehicle with gas knows the prices have soared—hitting a 10-year record—and they’re much higher on the West Coast than anywhere else in the nation. In Portland, where the price of a gallon of gas hit $3.98, motorists soon may see the city’s second-highest price for fuel…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation In May, voters in Multnomah County will vote on implementing an adjustable 0.75% capital gains tax to provide free lawyers to tenants being evicted. Portland and Multnomah County already subsidize legal defense for low-income renters facing eviction. Backers needed 22,686 valid signatures to qualify the measure for the May…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation In May, voters in Multnomah County will vote on implementing an adjustable 0.75% capital gains tax to provide free lawyers to tenants being evicted. Portland and Multnomah County already subsidize legal defense for low-income renters facing eviction. Backers needed 22,686 valid signatures to qualify the measure for the May…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation Oregon farmers and foresters are outraged by a proposed 1.5% tax on retail off-road equipment sales and rentals to raise money to curb diesel emissions in the Portland metro area. House Bill 3158 would add taxes on wheat combines, road-grading equipment, and other machinery used by the state’s farmers…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation According to the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, 21 percent of Oregon renter households in the state were living in poverty, and 44 percent of rental households spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent. Fifty-four percent of renters do not have enough income left over after…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation There is a new telephone scam that authorities are warning Oregonians about. It is about scammers posing as the Department of Justice and asking people about jury duty. The Justice Department reports, “The Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) is reporting that Oregonians are once again being targeted by fraudulent phone…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation According to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Oregon needs to build 550,000 houses over the next 20 years. That’s on top of the 140,000 needed right now due to underbuilding in the last decade. Given that the Agency’s rule making body, the Land Conservation and Development…