Update: February 18, 2011

What Do the GOP's Proposed Budget Cuts Mean for Oregon and the Nation?

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has just released a report quantifying the state-by-state impact from budget cuts put forth by U.S. House Republicans. Specifically, the report examines the amount that states stand to lose from the House GOP's plan to cut current-year (2011) non-security discretionary funding by 13.8 percent, totaling $64 billion.

What does the House GOP plan mean for Oregon? Our state stands to lose $17.6 million in K-12 education, $66 million in Pell Grants, $21 million in funding for clean water and drinking water projects -- and much more.

Read the CBPP report House GOP Proposal Means Fewer Children in Head Start, Less Help for Students to Attend College, Less Job Training, and Less Funding for Clean Water.

Meet Jason Gettel, OCPP's Newest Policy Analyst

We are pleased to announce the hiring of Jason Gettel, policy analyst.

Jason holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Oregon and a bachelor's degree in political science from Michigan State University. While at U of O, Jason's graduate research focused on social, economic and political obstacles facing immigrant communities. He also served as the content editor for an academic journal.

In addition to his academic pursuits, Jason has aworked with at-risk children through the City of Eugene and as an AmeriCorps volunteer in rural Colorado. Jason's association with OCPP began as a research assistant in the summer of 2010.