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Publications about personal income

March 31, 2012Blog PostNews: Oregonians Have More Income
March 7, 2012Blog PostWe're a Low-Tax, High-Fee State
March 6, 2012Issue BriefOregon: Where Taxes are Low, Fees are High and Revenue Is Slightly Below Average
January 8, 2012The Oregonian (PolitiFact)Is Oregon's per capita income nine percent below the national average -- and does that mean we're getting poorer?
January 5, 2012Herald and News (Klamath Falls)Farmers plan to absorb wage increase
January 4, 2012The Portland ObserverNew year, new wages
January 2, 2012Central Oregonian (Prineville)Living in poverty? Oregon is still going to tax you
December 30, 2011The Register-GuardLowest Pay Rises
December 28, 2011KPOJ "Carl in the Morning"2012 brings minimum wage increase in Oregon, but also tax cut for the wealthy
December 28, 2011KEZINew Year Minimum Wage Increase to Impact Over 100,000
December 23, 2011The OregonianNew laws for 2012: Some Oregonians get a tax break; minimum wage workers get a raise
September 22, 2011Portland Business JournalMore Oregonians live in poverty
September 22, 2011News ReleaseRecession Continues to Hammer Oregonians, Particularly Children and Minorities
September 19, 2011Upper Rogue IndependentMinimum wage increasing
September 16, 2011Eugene Register-GuardMinimum wage to rise
September 15, 2011Blog Post2012 Minimum Wage Hike Good for Oregonians and Good for Economy
September 15, 2011The SkannerOregon's 30-Cent Minimum Wage Hike Will Help Workers and Economy
September 15, 2011News ReleaseOregon's 30-Cent Minimum Wage Hike Will Help Workers and Economy
September 14, 2011The Portland ObserverLowest Wage to Rise
September 13, 2011News ReleaseOregon's Poverty Increase Underscores Need for Action
September 4, 2011Statesman JournalLack of good jobs among issues facing Oregonians
September 1, 2011Blog PostIf CEOs cared about the economy . . .
August 30, 2011Blog PostRead About and Speak Out for the Middle Class
August 30, 2011Bend BulletinReport calls attention to Oregon's struggling middle class
August 30, 2011ReportThe Fraying of Oregon's Middle Class
August 30, 2011News ReleaseOregon's Middle Class Under Threat
August 26, 2011News ReleaseRevenue, Not Spending, Is Budget Concern - Extending Temporary Tax Measure Should Be Option
August 10, 2011News ReleasePortland's Personal Income Growth Beats National Average
March 28, 2011Daily EmeraldDespite Recession, Oregon's Personal Income Rises
March 25, 2011Portland Business JournalReport: Oregon Per Capita Income Rising
March 25, 2011News ReleaseOregon Per Capita Personal Income Continues to Rise
December 30, 2010News ReleaseOregon Minimum Wage Rises by 10 Cents on New Year’s Day
September 29, 2010KUOWPoverty on the Rise in the Northwest
September 28, 2010News ReleaseOregon's Poverty Rate Rises, Median Income Drops
September 20, 2010News ReleaseOregon Minimum Wage Set to Rise by 10 Cents
September 8, 2010Forest Grove News-TimesWe all share in the cost when workers aren't paid
September 6, 2010The Daily AstorianUnionized workforce offers a 'ray of hope' amid economic gloom
September 3, 2010News ReleaseUnionized Workforce is a "Ray of Hope" Amid Economic Gloom
April 14, 2010ReportTax Day Reality Check
April 14, 2010News ReleaseOregon Taxes and Spending Have Remained in Line With Oregonians’ Pocketbooks for Three Decades
April 6, 2010The OregonianStudy lauds low Oregon business taxes, but the tax war continues
September 16, 2009News ReleaseOregon's Minimum Wage Won't Rise in 2010
September 4, 2009ReportLabor Day Woes and Wishes
September 4, 2009News ReleaseReport Highlights "Woes and Wishes" for Workers This Labor Day
September 2, 2009CenterPointsHealth Care Reform and the Value of Work
June 10, 2009Issue BriefMisplaced Priorities
May 21, 2009Issue BriefOregon Should Follow the Feds in Not Taxing Some Unemployment Benefits
February 27, 2009Fact SheetHow Will the Federal Recovery Package Help Struggling Oregonians and the State's Economy?
December 16, 2008ReportRolling Up Our Sleeves: Building an Oregon that Works for Working Families
September 24, 2008News ReleaseVulnerable Oregonians at Risk of Missing Out on Stimulus Checks
September 16, 2008News ReleaseOregon’s Minimum Wage Hike Helps Offset Rising Costs Agriculture and restaurant industries flourish under increases
August 18, 2008News ReleaseCostly Ballot Measure 59 Tilts Benefits to Wealthy, Leaving “No Gain, Just Pain” for Most Oregonians
August 18, 2008ReportNo Gain, Just Pain
July 15, 2008News ReleaseChild Tax Credit Fix Would Help 155,000 Oregon Children
May 30, 2008CenterPointsLeave No Teacher Behind, If You Want the Best Schools
May 15, 2008News ReleaseNew Report Calculates Pay Advantage of Union Jobs in Oregon
May 2, 2008CenterPointsEconomic Inequality Reemerges, Opportunity Withers
April 8, 2008News ReleaseNew Data Shows Oregon’s Wealthiest Pulling Away From the Rest
March 26, 2008Fact SheetExpanding the EIC in 2009
January 23, 2008News ReleaseMore to Qualify for Oregon Health Plan as Poverty Line Rises
January 21, 2008Issue BriefNo Special Treatment: Seven reasons why Oregon should not reduce or eliminate the income tax on capital gains
January 20, 2008News ReleaseOCPP Finds that Cutting Income Tax on Capital Gains Would Harm Nearly All Oregonians
December 28, 2007News ReleaseRise in Oregon’s Minimum Wage Set to Take Effect
November 19, 2007CenterPointsTax Cutting Away the Middle Class
October 26, 2007Issue BriefThe 2007 Kicker: Wrongheaded, Unjust, Costly, and a Federal Tax Increase
September 19, 2007News ReleaseJob Growth Not Dampened by Minimum Wage Raises, Study Shows
August 31, 2007News ReleaseFew Oregon Workers Can Celebrate Economy This Labor Day
August 31, 2007ReportAn Economy for the Few
August 28, 2007News ReleaseOregonians Mired in Poverty and Lacking in Health Insurance Despite Income Gains for Typical Household
July 17, 2007Issue BriefPunishing Food Stamp Program Success
April 30, 2007CenterPointsWhich Oregon Companies Use Tax Dollars to Pay Their Workers?
April 25, 2007Issue BriefFor the Health of Kids & the Economy
April 10, 2007Issue BriefGiving Credit Where Credit is Due: How to pay for the Earned Income Credit
April 10, 2007Issue BriefUndocumented Workers Are Taxpayers, Too
April 10, 2007Issue BriefLa Contribución De Los Inmigrantes Indocumentados A La Economía De Oregon
April 4, 2007ReportWorking, Poor, and Taxed: Improving Oregon’s Earned Income Credit
March 27, 2007News ReleaseOregon’s Income Taxes on Working Poor and Near Poor Among Highest in the Nation
February 7, 2007News ReleaseAnalysis Shows One in Eight Low-Income Oregon Adults Pay Fees to Unregulated Check Cashers
January 25, 2007News ReleaseNew 2007 Poverty Guidelines Highlight Value of Minimum Wage Adjustment
December 29, 2006News ReleaseNew Year’s Day Minimum Wage Boost Helps Low-Wage Workers Without Hurting Economy
December 18, 2006CenterPointsReduce Inequality to Expand Opportunity
November 29, 2006CenterPointsThe First Step for a Truly Hopeful Tax Reform Plan for Oregon
September 2, 2006ReportWho's Getting Ahead? Opportunity in a Growing Economy, State of Working Oregon 2006
August 31, 2006Oregonians can see that Measure 41 is fool’s gold
August 29, 2006News ReleaseEconomic Growth Failing to Improve Incomes for Typical Households, Health Coverage, or Poverty
August 25, 2006Fool's Gold: How Measure 41 would leave seniors and others behind
January 26, 2006News ReleaseFederal policies failing in face of rising income inequality
December 30, 2005News ReleaseNew Year’s Day Minimum Wage Boost Helps Low-Wage Workers Without Hurting Economy
November 11, 2005CenterPointsGordon Smith’s $1.9-Billion-a-Week Problem
September 16, 2005News ReleaseMinimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth
September 1, 2005News ReleaseNearly a Third of Oregon Working Families With Children Can't Afford Basic Household Budget Needs
April 4, 2005CenterPointsEconomic Growth for Whom?
December 27, 2004Issue BriefOregon Enters 2005 in the "Doonesbury Decade"
December 27, 2004News ReleaseOregon Enters 2005 in the "Doonesbury Decade:" News Release, December 27, 2004
September 17, 2004News ReleaseOregon's Minimum Wage Hike Defies Bush Economic Agenda
April 22, 2004Issue BriefIf It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
March 16, 2004Fact SheetPopulation Plus Inflation Spending Limit Would Cripple State-funded Services
March 3, 2004Issue BriefWhat is TABOR?
March 2, 2004CenterPointsBeware Wacky Spending Limits
May 14, 2002News ReleaseNew Census Data Show More Poor In Oregon After Economic Growth of 1990s
February 26, 2002News ReleaseOregon Taxes Workers Earning Low Wages More Than Most States
January 25, 2002News ReleaseTax Returns with a Silver Lining?
December 4, 2001Op-edKicker Dreams
September 26, 2001Issue BriefDistributional Analysis of the 1999-2001 Oregon Kicker Refund
September 25, 2001News ReleasePoverty Decline is Last Glimpse of Economic Boom
September 3, 2001ReportWhat's so Scary about a Recession?
September 2, 2001News ReleaseLabor Day Report Shows Workers Have Little to Celebrate
August 28, 2001ReportWhat Color is Your Paycheck?
August 28, 2001News ReleaseSkin Color Impacts Pay for Multnomah County Residents
June 1, 2001CenterPointsTaking Responsibility for Low Wages
April 15, 2001ReportClearing the Air on Tax Day
April 15, 2001News ReleaseNew Report Aims to “Clear the Air” on Tax Day
April 9, 2001News ReleaseNew Report Shows Capital Gains Tax Cut In Senate Bill 67 Based on "Empty Promises and False Hopes"
April 1, 2001CenterPointsWorking Hard For Little Reward: Oregon's Working Families Today
March 30, 2001News ReleaseImmigrants Win Food Stamp Benefits
March 21, 2001Op-edLeft Behind: A Quarter Million Oregon Children
March 16, 2001News ReleaseReport Says Oregon Could Increase Food Stamps for Immigrant Families
March 16, 2001ReportRestoring Food Stamp Benefits to Immigrants and Refugees in Oregon
March 12, 2001News ReleaseGains for Low-paid Workers Fade as Oregon's Minimum Wage Falls Behind Inflation
March 12, 2001ReportGetting the Raise They Deserved
March 1, 2001ReportAddressing the High Cost of Child Care
March 1, 2001News ReleaseOregon Taxes Low-Income Workers More Than Most States
February 1, 2001CenterPointsBush Tax Cut Unnecessary Giveaway to Wealthy, Harmful for Oregon
January 23, 2001Op-edIs Oregon Making Progress?
September 4, 2000ReportProsperity in Perspective
August 14, 2000News Release"Prosperity in Perspective" on Labor Day
April 17, 2000CenterPointsTax Fraud-dom: Avoiding Tax Day Mania
February 15, 2000News ReleaseWho is Poor? New Federal Poverty Guidelines Released Today
January 18, 2000News ReleaseIncome Inequality Grows In Oregon
October 18, 1999News ReleaseThe 1999 Kicker: A Boon for Politicians, A Loss for Oregonians
September 30, 1999News ReleaseNew Poverty and Income Data for Oregon and Multnomah County Released
September 4, 1999News ReleaseWhen Prosperity Passes By
August 22, 1999News ReleaseWelfare Law's Third Anniversary No Cause for Celebration
July 9, 1999News ReleaseEnd-of-Session Bill Number Change Resurrects Wealthy Tax Cut and Threatens Popular Government Services
June 2, 1999ReportOregon's Increasing Minimum Wage Brings Raises to Former Welfare Recipients and Other Low-Wage Workers Without Job Losses
May 29, 1999ReportHelping the Top
March 4, 1999ReportWelfare Data, A Look At The Numbers
March 4, 1999News ReleaseOregon Taxes Working Poor More Than Most States
December 28, 1998News ReleaseNew Year Brings Good Tidings to Tens of Thousands of Low Wage Workers
December 11, 1998ReportWhy Make the Oregon Working Family and Earned Income Credits Refundable?
November 19, 1998ReportBudgetary and Spending Implications of a Food Stamp Outreach Program
August 23, 1998ReportComparing Spendable Income, Welfare vs. Work
August 6, 1998News ReleaseThe State of Working Oregon
August 6, 1998News ReleaseStudy Shows Poverty Does Not Drop With Decline in Welfare Rolls
August 1, 1998ReportComparing Recent Declines in Oregon's Cash Assistance Caseload with Trends in the Poverty Population
May 29, 1998News ReleaseStudy Shows Oregon's Minimum Wage Sets National Standard for Profitable Welfare Reform
February 1, 1998CenterPointsReal Wages Rise in 1998 for Most Workers
December 16, 1997News ReleaseIncome Inequality Grows in Oregon

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