By Oregon State Representative E. Werner Reschke, State Legislators are meeting in Salem to organize for a special session called by the Governor. The session is expected to last six days and is meeting over the Labor Day holiday weekend — mostly so people will not notice because they are busy enjoying their last time […]

Top 5 headlines 1 ODOT quietly offers alternative to new taxes 2 Urgency, ire over transportation taxes 3 Kotek’s off-the-record criticized 4 DeRemer hopes for Trump Portland ‘crackdown’ 5 OR budget has a $370M problem Bonus 34 sheriffs back Marion Co. ICE lawsuit Columbia Sportswear Sue’s Columbia U. Seattle hopes to build its future in […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Governor Tina Kotek called for a Special Legislative Session Friday August 29th to try to ramrod her failed gas tax package which failed to even get a single floor vote last June (because the gas tax/wage tax was so awful). House and Senate lawmakers assembled but there was not […]

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense Oregon democrats seem to realize there’s massive public opposition to their plans to pass the biggest tax increase in state history…allegedly for transportation. I say allegedly because less than ten percent of the money goes to roads and bridges if they pass the tax. Remember […]

The Special Session: A Rushed Push for More Taxes By Oregon State Senator Kim Thatcher, Governor Kotek has convened this emergency session to address a reported funding shortfall in transportation for the 2025-27 biennium, primarily aimed at bolstering the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). The proposal includes raising $620 million through new taxes and fees […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Here is a Hoover Institution article that explains that the dire predictions of the 2017 Tax cuts from the Congressional Budget Office turned out to be wildly wrong.  The optimistic forecasters even saw their predictions exceeded by reality as tax revenue came flooding into Federal coffers as a result […]