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Why should anyone other than a municipal analyst care about state and local pensions, OPEB (Other Post Employment Benefits) and ARCs (Annually Required Contributions)? We...

A few years ago, I briefly suffered from agonizing upper back pain that was eventually linked to years of unintended slouching over my work computer...

Tis the season for high school seniors across the country to choose where they intend to spend the next 4-6 years of their lives. Deciding...

The world is borrowing more than it is producing. Global debt stands at $246 trillion, or 320% of global gross domestic product, according to the...

In the early 1960s, journalist Eric Sevareid observed that, “the biggest big business in America is not steel, automobiles, or television. It is the manufacture,...

For over 30 years, I have spent many long days on the 21st floor, overlooking the city of Portland. The number of cranes seem to...