Cascade Policy Institute

U.S. public transit receives roughly 65% (or more) of operating costs from taxpayers, and costs riders $2.20 per passenger-mile. Draining tax-payer funds and still unable to compete with the cost of driving, is it worth it to pour more money into public transportation?

School choice programs let parents direct education funding to the school that works best for their child — public, private, or home. Oregon should make that possible too.

Oregon has the most restrictive land-use regulations in the nation, a punitive death tax, and banned its most reliable energy sources. A task force won't fix that.