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Sit back and listen to Cascade Policy Institute explain the latest research on Oregon's important issues. Cascade advances public policy ideas that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility, and market-based economic opportunity. Visit us at www.cascadepolicy.org

QP 42k Texas Parents Apply for School Choice

1 min; February 13, 2026

QP Portland Ends School Choice for Jefferson High

3 mins; January 21, 2026

QP "Oregon System" Sends Governor Back to Square One

2 mins; January 09, 2026

QP Shrinking 82nd Avenue for People in Cars

2 mins; January 08, 2026

QP A Better Direction for Oregon's "Prosperity Roadmap"

2 mins; December 31, 2025

QP "Fully Funded" Schools are a Moving Goalpost

1 min; December 16, 2025

QP Portland Public Schools Risky Real Estate Gamble

1 min; December 10, 2025

QP Oregon's 19th Century Energy Strategy

2 mins; December 10, 2025

QP "Inspire Oregon" Tackles Rural Housing Crisis

2 mins; November 20, 2025

QP TriMet Should Focus on Crisis, Not Expansion

1 min; November 11, 2025

QP $2 Trillion for Transit and No One Aboard

1 min; November 07, 2025

QP: Dear PPS Bond Committee: Please Tell the Taxpayers

1 min; October 31, 2025

QP: Decision Time for TriMet’s 82nd Ave. Road Diet

1 min; October 28, 2025

QP: Over-sized and Over-priced Schools

2 mins; October 17, 2025

QP: Center for Black Student Excellence Should Be a Private Venture

2 mins; October 10, 2025

QP: Why Affordable Housing is Unaffordable

1 min; September 30, 2025

QP: Improve Education Outcomes by Removing Barriers

1 min; September 24, 2025

QP: Oregon’s Electric Vehicle Policy Fail

1 min; September 23, 2025

QP: Student Excellence for Every Portland Public School

1 min; September 10, 2025

QP: Separate But Equitable at Portland Public Schools

1 min; September 03, 2025

QP: Spending Solutions for ODOT's Spending Problems

1 min; August 27, 2025

QP: The Tapeworm Eating ODOT's Record Gas Tax Revenue

1 min; August 20, 2025

QP: Special Session Should Use Emergency Funds

1 min; August 13, 2025

QP: Tina Kotek’s Energy Policy: Whichever Way the Wind Blows

1 min; August 06, 2025

QP: Metro’s Ballooning Bond for Road Diets

1 min; July 30, 2025

QP: Metro Should Reject the Burnside Bridge "Road Diet"

1 min; July 23, 2025

QP: TriMet’s Plan for 82nd Avenue “Road Diet”

1 min; July 16, 2025

QP: HB 2089 Brings Oregon into Compliance with the Supreme Court’s Tyler Ruling

1 min; July 09, 2025

QP: Voters Aren't Interested in New Transportation Taxes

1 min; July 02, 2025

QP: New Hampshire Is First in New England to Enact Universal School Choice

1 min; June 25, 2025

QP: Jefferson High School's Dual Enrollment Dilemma

1 min; June 18, 2025

QP: Educational Choice for Children Act Would Expand Private Scholarship Options

1 min; June 10, 2025

QP: SB 1182 - The New Racism

1 min; June 04, 2025

QP: Metro Should Scrap Visioning and Long-Range Planning

1 min; May 23, 2025

QP: House Bills on Oregon Water Resources to Double Dip Taxpayers

1 min; May 16, 2025

QP: Oregon Department of Forestry’s Bad Habit: Over Promise, Under Deliver

1 min; May 14, 2025

QP: School Choice is Bigger in Texas

1 min; May 07, 2025

QP: Tri-Met's Death Spiral

1 min; April 29, 2025

QP: North Dakota Legislature Passes ESA and Charter School Bills

1 min; April 22, 2025

QP: Race Based School Funding

1 min; April 17, 2025

QP: School Choice Options Now Reach More Than 40% of American Children

1 min; April 09, 2025

QP: Amending the Constitution Is Not a Children’s Game

1 min; April 03, 2025

QP: New Law Expands School Choice to All Wyoming Children

1 min; March 26, 2025

QP: Education Funding Should “Follow the Child” When Parents Choose Oregon Charter Schools

1 min; March 20, 2025

QP: WES Commuter Rail Should be Shut Down, Not Expanded

1 min; March 12, 2025

QP: A Failure to Launch at PPS

1 min; March 05, 2025

QP: Oregon’s Neighbor Idaho Passes a School Choice Tax Credit

1 min; February 26, 2025

QP: Restructuring Oregon's Death Tax Would Benefit the State

1 min; February 19, 2025

QP: In 2025, School Choice Comes First to Tennessee

1 min; February 05, 2025

QP: More School Choices Mean Better Opportunities for Oregon Students

1 min; January 29, 2025

QP: The Government Should Try to Do a Few Things Well In 2025

1 min; January 22, 2025

QP: Annual Celebration Highlights Importance of Effective Educational Opportunities for All

1 min; January 15, 2025

QP: Trust is Earned, Not Given

1 min; January 08, 2025

QP: School Choice – A Gift That Fits Every Family

1 min; December 31, 2024

QP: Extending the Yellow MAX Line to Vancouver Is TriMet’s Worst Idea Yet

1 min; December 20, 2024

QP: Why are Portland School Construction Projects So Expensive?

1 min; December 11, 2024

QP: Limits on School-Day Phone Use Will Free Students to Learn

1 min; December 06, 2024

QP: Portland to Expand Streetcar, Riders Not Included

1 min; December 04, 2024

QP: Three Ways Oregon Can Help Students Get Back on Track in 2025

1 min; December 03, 2024

QP: DEQ’s plan to raise the cost of driving should be cancelled

1 min; November 14, 2024

QP: Oregon Ranks 35th Nationally in Return on Investment for Education Spending

1 min; November 06, 2024

QP: The Siren Song of Free School Meals

1 min; October 28, 2024

QP: The Nuclear Comeback Skips Oregon

1 min; October 16, 2024

QP: Oregon: Improvement Needed on “Education Freedom Report Card”

1 min; October 02, 2024

QP: DEQ's Plan to Suffocate Oregon's Economy

1 min; September 24, 2024

QP: More Humility Needed

1 min; September 19, 2024

Metro, Please Learn from Past Mistakes

1 min; September 11, 2024

QP: Rising Costs and Diminishing Returns

1 min; August 30, 2024

QP: With Declining Enrollments, Why Is Portland Building Bigger High Schools?

1 min; August 15, 2024

QP: Why the American Dream Is Just a Dream for Many in Portland

1 min; August 08, 2024

QP: Is Affordable, Reliable Electricity a Service of the Past?

1 min; August 02, 2024

QP: Liability, Not Reliability: Solar Panels in Oregon Schools

1 min; July 31, 2024

QP: Zero-emissions? Not Really

1 min; July 22, 2024

QP: There is no Field of Dreams at the Expo Center

1 min; July 12, 2024

QP: What If Every Child Could Find the Path to Academic Success?

1 min; July 10, 2024

QP: Portland Public Schools’ Building Costs Are Shaking Up Budgets

1 min; June 27, 2024

QP: Universal School Choice Comes to Louisiana

1 min; June 19, 2024

QP: Is a New, Earthquake-Ready Burnside Bridge Necessary?

1 min; June 13, 2024

QP: EVs = Bad Business

1 min; June 05, 2024

QP: School Choice Expansion Continues with Missouri Education Package

1 min; May 30, 2024

QP: More Money Needs to Mean More Roads

1 min; May 22, 2024

QP: PPS Climate Policy Is All Cost, No Benefit

1 min; May 10, 2024

QP: Will School Choice Be on Oregon Ballots Soon?

1 min; May 01, 2024

Do People Have a Right to Camp on Sidewalks?

1 min; April 25, 2024

Providing Homes Oregon Families Can Afford Should Not Be a Problem

1 min; April 17, 2024

QP: The prudent person principle should be applied to all publicly funded projects

1 min; April 10, 2024

QP: By 2027, All Alabama Students Will Have Educational Choice

1 min; March 28, 2024

QP - More Money is Not the Solution

1 min; March 13, 2024

Legislative committee wants to extend commuter rail to Salem at a cost of $118 per ride.

1 min; February 28, 2024

QP: Oregon Needs More Than Tiny Homes

1 min; February 16, 2024

QP: Oregon’s highway freeze is not about the weather

1 min; February 08, 2024

QP: Survey: 72% of Parents Said They Considered a New School Last Year

1 min; January 31, 2024

QP: Local Celebrations Highlight All the Ways Oregon Students Learn

1 min; January 17, 2024

QP: Three Ways Oregon Can Help Kids Get the Education They Deserve

1 min; January 10, 2024

QP: Oregon’s Reliance on Fossil Fuels Is Growing, Not Shrinking

1 min; January 04, 2024

QP: Pennsylvania’s Christmas Gift to K-12 Students

1 min; December 27, 2023

QP: Why 2023 Is the “Year of Universal School Choice”

1 min; December 20, 2023

Student-Focused Solutions Can Address Pandemic Learning Losses

1 min; December 13, 2023

QP: Why More Money Won’t Solve the Problems in Portland Public Schools

1 min; December 08, 2023

QP: TriMet’s Existential Crisis

1 min; November 27, 2023

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