By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense If you think it’s bad that California won’t know its primary election results for weeks, Washington State is even worse. The Golden State honors citizen ballots that come in a week after election day. The Evergreen state counts votes that arrive 3 weeks late. […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A domestic disturbance in Sandy turned into mass gunfire.  Several people were killed.  Police showed up and were fired upon. One officer was shot and life-flighted to a hospital. The photo above shows the number of bullet holes from the gunfire.  This is a stark reminder at how dangerous […]

Top 5 headlines 1 Kotek gives IP-28 statement 2 Fox News: Hunting, fishing ban faces backlash 3 Unions slam Kotek’s economic council 4 Kotek bragged on grad rates. There’s a big problem 5 7,000 Lose Oregon SNAP Benefits Bonus $10M to reduce barriers to housing New Oregon law closes interest rate loophole LaPine rejects data […]

By Jason Williams Oregon250.com Website dedicated to celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Peter Salem, who was born a slave, quickly became a Revolutionary War hero. At twenty-five, his owner sold him to Lawson Buckminster, a major in the Continental Army, who loaned the slave to fight in the war for independence. At the Battle of Bunker […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The Foundation of Government Accountability had this chart showing in one state the luxury vehicles owned by food stamp recipients.

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The City of Sherwood has just installed new speed cameras in this small town. Within its first week the speed cam captured 1,040 violators. Those 1,040 represent 5% of the town’s population.  Although surely many out-of-town drivers made up that sample.