An expert on the migratory habits of wealthy Americans told the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners that there is little data to support Gov. Tina Kotek’s notion that high taxes prompt millionaires to move from high-tax states like Oregon to lower-tax states like Nevada.

Multnomah County Commissioner Meghan Moyer invited Cristobal Young, a professor at Cornell University, to address the board today during a meeting about the county’s Preschool for All program. Commissioners have come under increased pressure to amend the preschool tax since June, when Kotek warned that Multhomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson’s signature program appeared to be chasing wealthy residents out of the county.

Two weeks later, members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue sought to eliminate t

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