The following are the 2021 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, informally referred to as the "federal poverty level." The guidelines determine
Raising Incomes
Realizing our human potential depends on having the resources to meet our material needs. Raising the incomes of the lowest-paid workers not only increases economic opportunity but also makes for a more prosperous state.
Raising Incomes
Realizing our human potential depends on having the resources to meet our material needs. Raising the incomes of the lowest-paid workers not only increases economic opportunity but also makes for a more prosperous state.
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This tax credit is targeted to low- and middle-income Oregonians. About 90 percent of the tax credit goes to families
A tax credit intended to lift up working families leaves out more than a quarter-million Oregonians, most of them U.S.
More than a quarter-million Oregonians in working households — most of them U.S. citizens and authorized immigrants — cannot claim
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
All workers, no matter our place of origin, should be able to earn enough to care for our families. Laws
A century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the
Many more Oregonians are going hungry this Thanksgiving than at any time in recent memory, new figures from the U.S.
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Do we have the courage to sustain the investments Oregonians need?