PROPERTY TAX FAIRNESS IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGONproperty taxfairnessassessment qualitystabilityThis article evaluates two alternative standards for resetting property assessments on title transfer in property tax systems like Oregon's and California's, wh...
As of June 11th, Multnomah County businesses are still in shutdown mode as they have not entered into phase 1 which happens tomorrow. In the middle of the shutdown the METRO regional government has proposed their second income tax. The first tax was Measure 26-201 which was a $220 million...
Oregon special payroll tax offset :0.09%for 2024 Get your unemployment insurance rate:Oregon UI agency website Oregon Family Leave Insurance (FLI) Oregon FLI employee rate :0.6%for 2024 Oregon FLI employer rate :0.4%for 2024 Oregon FLI wage limit ...
As recently as last spring, Multnomah County officials running the Joint Office of Homeless Services, which is funded in part by the city of Portland,had significantly underspent proceedsfrom the homeless services tax. The county has made significant progress since then, sa...
“Misguided drug laws have created deep disparities in the justice system,” said Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. “Arresting people with addictions is a cruel punishment because it slaps them with a lifelong criminal record that can ruin lives.” ...
Multnomah County residents have already seen how that no-limits approach has failed to stem the tide of homelessness, even with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in new tax revenue. If residents want to see a change in direction, they should ca...
The timing of this news is concerning, as Multnomah County is just beginning to spend its share of a $2.5 billion regional homelessness tax. If residents can’t trust the Joint Office to accurately report data, why should they trust it to effectively spend hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Multnomah FallsMultnomah Falls at the Cascade River Gorge, northwestern Oregon, U.S. Tourismis a major part of Oregon’s overall economy; it experienced notable growth in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Visitors to the state enjoy its scenery andmyriadopportunities for recreation, including...
New tax to aid Oregon library.New tax to aid Oregon library.Discusses the utility tax approved by the Multnomah County, Oregon commissioners to support the Multnomah County Library. Signature campaign of a coalition of opponents to place the measure on the ballot in the spring of 1993; Utility...
Of those, 54,000 were small claims, 199,000 were categorized as “violations” and over 236,000 categorized as “Multnomah parking.” Appeals courts The interim court of appeals hears all disputed decisions from lower courts except for tax court and death sentence cases, which can be accessed...