Statement by Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy Today’s Economic and Revenue Forecast removes any shred of doubt that, absent congressional action to shore up
Immigrant workers without legal status perform essential work; they are part of our community. Yet they are excluded from Unemployment Insurance and most forms of public assistance.
With tens of thousands of laid-off Oregonians still waiting for their first Unemployment Insurance (UI) check, advocates are calling on the state to encourage unemployed workers to also apply for other forms of public assistance that can tide them over until UI benefits arrive.
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting economic crash, Congress has passed multiple response bills since the pandemic began.
Today, we honor the sacrifice of women on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, many of whom work for lower pay than men.
More than three dozen organizations today urged Oregon lawmakers to reject calls for business tax cuts issued in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
The following are the 2020 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, informally referred to as the “federal poverty level.” The guidelines determine the benefit levels of many low-income assistance programs, such as
Only two states fared worse than Oregon in 2016 when it came to share of families that qualified for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) but did not claim it, according to a report by the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
In the years to come, Oregonians could be on the hook for massive subsidies to wealthy investors, as a result of the so-called “Opportunity Zones” tax break.
The number of taxpayers reporting annual income of $1 million or more has risen faster in Oregon than any other state, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy’s analysis of newly released data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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