Congressman announces SPACE tax

As new opportunities emerge for private space travel, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) eyes the opportunity for a new tax. The Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax proposes a new excise tax on flights into space for purposes other than scientific research. NASA would qualify for exemptions. According to Blumenauer, the tax includes a tier…

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Lawmakers approve record $29B budget

Oregon lawmakers approved a record breaking $29.4 two-year budget budget. The years started off with Governor Brown’s $25.6 billion blueprint budget and ended with a $3.5 billion surplus — infused with billions from Congress. Never in modern history has so much tax money come into Oregon State collections. Special last minute projects:* – $300 million…

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Oregon retailers pushing for interstate cannabis sales

  By Taxpayer Foundation of Oregon Oregon businesses growing and selling cannabis want the ability to sell their product to people in other states, but until the federal law changes making marijuana legal, Gov. Kate Brown says her hands are tied, according to the Portland Business Journal. Sixteen states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the…

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Bill helps turn hotels into homeless shelters

By Taxpayers Foundation of Oregon Oregon’s state senators in a 19-8 vote approved a bill to make it easier to convert hotels and motels into temporary shelters and affordable long-term housing for people who lost their homes in wildfires or other emergencies. The measure, already approved by the House, will go Gov. Kate Brown for…

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Has Oregon reached peak pot as sales decline?

By Taxpayer Association of Oregon, When the pandemic began, cannabis sales soared, but sales drops in the second half of 2020 prompted Oregon state economists for the first time in three years to reduce how much they think cannabis sales taxes will generate. The economic forecast predicts the 17 percent cannabis tax will add $301.6…

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Oregon seniors, vulnerable may witness months delay

By Taxpayer Foundation of Oregon, It’s likely to take weeks—or more likely months—for Oregonians eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine to actually receive a shot in the arm. That’s because the demand for the vaccine far exceeds the limited supplies, according to the association representing Oregon hospitals. Gov. Kate Brown outlined an ambitious timeline for…

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State of Oregon Taxes in 2020

  OREGONIANS APPROVED OVER 70 TAXES IN 2020 — Voters approved 29 local taxes (property, hotel, bonds, renewals, etc.) during the May Election, and 50 more during the November Election.  The most common type of tax increase was taxes related to property.  Some of the largest tax increases were the $1.2 billion Portland School Bond…

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Article archive on the historic Portland Riots

Best of our Portland Protest riots original reporting:     ‘END AMERICA’ AND OTHER OBSCENITIES FROM THE PORTLAND RIOT     PORTLAND PROTEST: U.S. CONSTITUTION IS A FASCIST DOCUMENT?     PORTLAND PROTEST: PEACEFUL…WITH A DASH OF DEATH THREATS     TOP 10 WORST PORTLAND PROTEST CHANTS     MAP: HOW POLICE WON THE 100TH…

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Oregon’s hospitalization rate

    The Wall Street Journal featured data from the COVID Tracking Report.  In this report Oregon is in the best 10 hospitalization states as measured by hospitalizations per one million residents.   At the same The Oregonian reports that new hospitalizations are rising to a new high which have created the calls for a strict…

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