Tag Archives: Opportunity Zones

Oregon’s legislative session: defeats, modest wins and one total victory

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Bennett Minton

In my decades in D.C., I interviewed members of Congress daily as a reporter, met with staff and occasionally members as a lobbyist, and dug deep into policy as an analyst. As a citizen in Oregon, I do all three. … Continue reading →

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Three strikes never looked so good

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Bennett Minton

The image, from an Oregon Legislature committee hearing, represents what I’m thinking most times I testify about some poorly designed bill that would give away taxpayers money. Generally I try to look more dignified. Actually, last week I testified in … Continue reading →

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Portland’s Ritz Carlton (with its tax breaks) nears completion

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Bennett Minton

The other day I took a tour of Portland’s Ritz Carlton, the 35-story, five-star hotel and condo to be completed next spring. The condo units, on the upper floors, are selling from $1.3 million for one-bedrooms to $10 million for … Continue reading →

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An opportunity to enrich the opportunistic

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Bennett Minton

Published March 30, 2020, in Tax Notes Federal, weekly magazine of Tax Analysts Inc., where I was a reporter and editor in the early 1990s. This is a story about billionaires, how Congress makes laws, how city development officials work … Continue reading →

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