Ballot measures: Casinos, kickers and estate taxes

Portland Business Journal:

Oregon voters on Tuesday decided that a rainy day fund for schools was a good idea, while abolishing estate taxes and creating a Wood Village casino were not.

Here's a breakdown of how three key ballot measure fared:

Voters passed Measure 85, which will divert any so-called tax kicker revenue to a special fund for public schools. The money had previously been rebated to corporations.

Voters defeated Measure 84, which would have abolished the estate tax. Instead, Oregon will continue to tax inherited…

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