Oregon’s estate tax is the nation’s most aggressive. Kevin Mannix hopes to kill it.
By Nigel Jaquiss
Oregon Journalism Project
A ballot initiative to eliminate Oregon’s estate tax, Initiative Petition 51, is moving forward even as Gov. Tina Kotek and state lawmakers digest the coming budget hole created by President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Oregon’s estate tax generated $423 million in 2024–25, according to state figures. That was a big jump…