More than a quarter-million Oregonians in working households — most of them U.S. citizens and authorized immigrants — cannot claim
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Oregon denies certain tax filers from benefiting from our state’s Earned Income Tax Credit based on their immigration status. My
Even good public policy can be made better. That’s the case with Oregon’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), one of
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Oregon families are among the least likely to benefit from the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) — a tax credit
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Without a doubt, our country can vastly improve the economic prospects of families scraping by on low wages.
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