In 2017, when the Oregon Legislature authorized a modest highway widening project on I-5 just north of the I-84 intersection, it was expected to improve travel speeds and reduce traffic accidents. The estimated construction cost was $500 million-$700 million. By 2021, the project had morphed into a social justice and real estate development scheme, with […]
Zoo-based rearing program and invasive species effort help northern leopard frogs For the first time, biologists have documented zoo-reared northern leopard frogs surviving a winter in the wild at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Washington — despite the presence of invasive American bullfrogs that nearly wiped them out. Thanks to targeted bullfrog control, […]
Portland, Ore. — Cascade Policy Institute submitted a 30-page special report for testimony, Monday, on the massive 12-tax transportation package HB2025 heading into its final hearing Thursday (6/12) at 4:00 PM with the Joint House-Senate Transportation Reinvestment Committee. The report is titled “From Gas Tank to Paycheck: Oregon’s Plan to Tax Everything That Moves,” by […]
It’s official: More than half of America’s K-12 students are now eligible to participate in a school choice program. On May 3rd, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2 into law, making the Lone Star State the latest to enact a universal Education Savings Account program. According to the American Federation for Children, the […]
I was listening to Ken Hovind on YouTube. He is a scientist who speaks about the errors of evolution. Although I don’t understand everything he says (and he talks fast), I recommend him. His podcasts offer good reasons to believe the Bible’s account. Your faith may not be challenged, but the faith of your kids […]
On Monday, June 9, at 10 a.m.-noon, The Salvation Army Washington County HOPE Center (WCHC), located at 1440 SE 21st Ave. in Hillsboro, hosted a Media Tour and Check Presentation Ceremony from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to officially commence Phase II of renovations, including building a client-choice food pantry. Other renovations […]
Everyone Knows This — So Why Haven’t We Changed the Rules? In science, paradigm shifts often begin with a quiet “that’s odd.” But in the political economy of biomedical innovation, the most damning truths begin with: “Everyone knows this.” Everyone knows that American universities—funded by taxpayers—perform the foundational research that leads to most new drugs. […]
The state legislature is in the final stages of passing SB 1182, which will authorize the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to give away property and development rights and contracts associated with the four-acre highway cover over I-5, which ODOT plans to build in the Rose Quarter. The cover has an estimated construction cost of […]
Wildlife Live, presented by Portland General Electric, is back starting June 10 PORTLAND, Ore. — Summer’s in the air at the Oregon Zoo this month. Wildlife Live, presented by Portland General Electric, returns for the season June 10 with lighthearted humor, a conservation theme and gracefully soaring raptors gliding right over visitors’ heads. This year’s show […]
Overpromising and under-delivering has been the habit of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) for decades, with businesses, counties, and towns struggling to weather the financial hardships of ODF’s inconsistent timber sales. House Bill 3103 with the -1 amendment seeks to address these concerns by requiring ODF to establish sustainable harvest levels (SHL) on state forest […]
