Portland Climate-Change Tax on Big Businesses Qualifies for November Ballot

The measure joins a ballot already crowded with hot-button issues

Murmurs: Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Strengthen Domestic Violence Law

In other news: A farewell to Peterson’s on Morrison.

Environmentalists File Portland Business Tax Proposal for November Ballot

A 1 percent tax on local gross receipts of larger retailers would be expected to bring in more than $35 million a year.

Oregon Timber Country Voters Rejected Taxes So Often That They Have No Libraries, No Late-Night Law Enforcement—And Soon, No Elections

A Better Oregon Will Ask Lawmakers to Pass Refined Version Of Measure 97, The $6 Billion Tax Hike

Measure 97 Lost in All But Two Oregon Counties

Six Questions for Ben Unger About Why Measure 97 Went in the Toilet

The mastermind of the $3 billion tax plan explains what went wrong.

Measure 97, The $3 Billion Corporate Tax Increase, Goes Down to Decisive Defeat

Measure 97, the $3 billion corporate tax increase, lost big tonight. Early returns show the measure trailing, 56 percent to 43 percent. As recently as Sept. 8, polling showed that 60 percent of voters supported the measure but it withered under the largest onslaught of spending Oregon has ever seen. Opponents of the tax hike, … Continue reading Measure 97, The $3 Billion Corporate Tax Increase, Goes Down to Decisive Defeat