Oregon Task Force Mulling Alcohol Tax Hike Punts on Recommending Increase

Dear Client:  The task force in charge of determining whether Oregon should pursue a tax hike on alcohol as a means to fund addiction services provided by the state declined to recommend raising taxes in its final report released yesterday.  The report’s release marks the end of the road for what has been a contentious process, marred by a lack of transparency and what the Oregon Beverage Alliance, a local alcohol industry advocacy group, has characterized as misinformation coming from