Ron Wyden: “The 15-percent special rate could create a massive new tax shelter that would allow the wealthy to funnel their money…”

Common sense prevailed today and that’s great news for Oregonians who shouldn’t have to worry about getting slammed with a huge tax hit on top of losing their home to wildfire.

Oregon’s public universities produce top-tier scientific breakthroughs, and lab discoveries shouldn't sit on a shelf when they could be creating good-paying jobs and growing our local economy.

We want to stress that this is not the time for creating new or different criteria for accessing this critical funding to support initial attack.

While these secrecy demands carry no force of law, their coercive effect is extremely successful.