Struggling families with children take a beating from the Republican budget reconciliation bill
The Republican budget reconciliation bill leave Oregon children sicker, hungrier, and more likely to live in poverty
June 26, 2025
Tyler Mac Innis
Tyler Mac Innis is a Policy Analyst with the Oregon Center for Public Policy
SB 611: All Oregonians deserve food assistance
Chair Gelser Blouin, Vice-Chair Linthicum, and Members of the Committee, My name is Tyler Mac Innis, Policy Analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit this
March 25, 2025
Strengthening the Earned Income Tax Credit Would Boost Economic Security for Nearly a Quarter-Million Oregon Families
House Bill 2958 would double the state’s match of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and extend it to workers arbitrarily excluded from the credit
March 17, 2025
HB 3193: Support the Farmworker Disaster Relief Fund
Chair Grayber, Vice-Chair Elmer, Vice-Chair Muñoz, and Members of the Committee, My name is Tyler Mac Innis, Policy Analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit
March 10, 2025
SB 599: Expand Housing Protections to All
Chair Prozanski, Vice-Chair Thatcher, and Members of the Committee, My name is Tyler Mac Innis, Policy Analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit this testimony
March 5, 2025
HB 3079: Support Direct Cash Transfer Programs for Homeless Youth
Chair Hartman, Vice-Chairs Scharf and Nguyen, and Members of the Committee, My name is Tyler Mac Innis, Policy Analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit
February 14, 2025
The Oregon Kids’ Credit helps families in need; claim it if you can
The Oregon Kids’ Credit can be worth up to $1,000 per eligible child.
February 1, 2024
Oregon’s Rich Have Never Been Richer
By several measures, income inequality in Oregon has never been greater. In 2021, the year with the most recent data, the income flowing to Oregon’s richest 1 percent set a
November 7, 2023
You wouldn’t know it from Oregon figures, but child poverty just skyrocketed
Last week, the Census Bureau released much-anticipated poverty figures. Nationally, child poverty more than doubled — the largest increase in more than 50 years. But in Oregon, child poverty appeared
September 20, 2023
Oregon Should Ensure All Workers Have the Right to Organize
Oregon can improve the economic well-being of its people by ensuring that all workers enjoy the right to form a union. In 1935, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) established
August 30, 2023