Tom Joyce, The Center Square 
(The Center Square) – Crime costs the Oregon economy a substantial amount of money. The economic impact of crime in Oregon was an estimated $14.9 billion in 2023, according to … Read more
(The Center Square) – Oregon’s housing shortage is exacerbated by restrictive Construction Defect Liability laws worsen, according to the Common Sense Institute. The state needs over 550,000 new housing units … Read more
(The Center Square) – A man from Washington County, Oregon, received a federal prison sentence last week after he sold counterfeit pills containing fentanyl to a young woman that killed … Read more
(The Center Square) – An Oregon-based drug trafficking cell leader with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization received a federal prison sentence this week after an investigation by … Read more
(The Center Square) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the eighth time this year last week. Kotek invoked it on August 1, 2024, responding to the … Read more
(The Center Square) – The Liberty Justice Center recently filed a First Amendment lawsuit against a school district in Oregon on behalf of a high school track and field coach … Read more
(The Center Square) – The Larch Creek Fire has expanded to 9,100 acres in size and jumped Highway 197, forcing the highway’s closure. The human-caused fire that’s burning in Wasco County began on Tuesday afternoon near … Read more
(The Center Square) – A man from Bend, Oregon, received a federal prison sentence last week for possessing 20 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. 1,420 pounds of … Read more
(The Center Square) – Oregon will get $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes funding from the federal government this year. Since local governments cannot tax federal lands, the federal government … Read more