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Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Sign petition to end Oregon Death Tax

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The Oregonian cited Oregon as the “worst place to die” because of our costly, punishing death tax. Oregon’s death tax has the nation’s lowest exem...

Pacific Legal Foundation California 8/10 ?

A federal agency prosecuted an Oklahoma baby product company for four years and came up empty

In 2015, a daycare worker left an infant unsupervised with a bottle in his mouth for 45 minutes, flouting daycare policy, state regulation, and the explicit warnings on the product the baby was placed...

Pacific Legal Foundation California 8/10 ?

Minnesota’s batty restriction on timber operations

Over a third of Minnesota is forested, and the state's forest products industry ranks as its fifth-largest manufacturing sector by payroll employment. Citizens' ability to use these resources, however...

CA Attorney General California 7/10 ?

Attorney General Bonta Opposes ExxonMobil’s Request to Preempt Hazardous Materials Protections

March 24, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in submitting acomment letterto the U.S. Pipeli...

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Lars Larson: Sen. Merkley stands for criminals, illegal voters

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley wants everyone to vote…whether they’re citizens or not. I know that sounds crazy, but Jeffro isn’t th...

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Gas price map shows Oregon is deep trouble

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Last week, a gas tax map from GasBuddy.com shows the entire West Coast in extreme price range for gasoline. This type of inflated gas price will ripple...

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Poll: How public views DHS shutdown

By Oregon Campaign Watch, CBS News poll between 3/17 and 3/20 shows that the DHS showdown is in a triple split.The postPoll: How public views DHS shutdownfirst appeared onOregon Catalyst.

CA Attorney General California 7/10 ?

Attorney General Bonta Calls on Congress to Stop Government Mass Surveillance of Americans

March 24, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, alongside a coalition of 17 attorneys general,called on Congressto take immediate a...

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Rep. Elmer: On Providence exiting health insurance market

House Republican Leader Responds to Announcement that Providence is at Risk of Exiting the Health Insurance Market By Oregon House Republican Caucus, SALEM, Ore. — House Republican Leader Lucetta Elme...

Washington Policy Center Washington 8/10 ?

California's $20 fast food minimum wage creates less jobs and lower income Washington lawmakers foolishly still think it will work here

By Mark HarmsworthCalifornia’s experiment with a $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers is delivering exactly the outcomes we at the Washington Policy Center (WPC) predicted nearly three year...

Washington Policy Center Washington 8/10 ?

The Legislature Has Committed $2.4 Billion to Recurring Pension Increases since 2018

By Ryan FrostThe legislature has granted Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) Plan 1 and Teachers Retirement System (TRS) Plan 1 retirees a “one-time” cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) six times in...

California Governor California 7/10 ?

California doubles down on ocean health with historic investments, following landmark report findings

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Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Supreme Ct. tackles vote-by-mail late ballots

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Today, the United States Supreme Court takes on a key vote-by-mail rule that impacts Oregon and a dozen other states. The issue is with rules allo...

Washington Policy Center Washington 8/10 ?

Washington state lawmakers are getting it right on hiring qualifications

By Elizabeth New“It’s not often that we come before you asking you all to limit our agency’s ability to do something, but here we are,” said a director for Washington state’s Office of Financial Manag...

Washington Policy Center Washington 8/10 ?

State is rightly emphasizing experience and skills, not degrees

By Elizabeth New“It’s not often that we come before you asking you all to limit our agency’s ability to do something, but here we are,” said a director for Washington state’s Office of Financial Manag...

CA Attorney General California 7/10 ?

California Department of Justice Releases Report on Officer-Involved Shooting of Elizandro Vargas

March 24, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), today releaseda reporton the death of Elizandro...

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Lars Larson: We must privatize TSA

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, 25 years ago this September, I argued in favor of private security for American Airports after the terrorist attacks of 9-11. I lost that argument, back then...

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Metro’s Own Study Shows Passenger Rail Wrong Fit for Portland

By Naomi Inman Letter by John A. Charles, Jr. Transportation policy should reflect how people travel today— not how cities worked 125 years ago This week, Cascade Policy Institute president John Charl...

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

PA eyes ending death tax … as NY, OR talk raising it.

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Wow! Among the hot issues being discussed in the Pennsylvania legislature, are bills to either cut back or abolish altogether their state death t...

California Governor California 7/10 ?

News you won’t see on Fox News: California revoked over 280 hospice licenses, 300 more providers under investigation since Governor Newsom’s hospice moratorium

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