Oregon’s low-paid workers will get a raise starting in the new year, when a 15-cent increase to the state’s minimum
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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Renewing Oregon’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) should be a top priority for the 2013 legislature.
The income gap that separates Oregon’s richest families from everyone else increased over the past three decades, according to a
It is well known that the official definition of poverty, based on a formula developed in the early 1960s, undercounts
$96,000 a day. That’s Nike CEO and president Mark Parker’s compensation, according to the newest list of executive pay at
Statement by OCPP Policy Analyst Jason Gettel on Census Data Release Poverty in Oregon increased yet again last year, and
About 128,000 Oregon workers are due for a raise, following today’s announcement that Oregon’s hourly minimum wage will go up
Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced a decline in the share Oregonians without health insurance — evidence that public structures
The first two full years of economic growth following the end of the Great Recession brought mixed news for Oregon.
Labor Day is a particularly appropriate date to assess the state of Oregon workers. Such a review, unfortunately, reveals the
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Senator Wyden on the Trump tax plan: “It’s going to cause a lot of hardship”
The Trump tax plan would cut Medicaid and nutrition assistance to pay for big tax cuts for the rich.
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How to improve pay and working conditions in entire industries in one fell swoop
The revival of an old idea is offering hope for improving pay and working conditions in entire industries all at
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Two things that are making tax filing easy and free for Oregonians
In this episode of Policy for the People, we discuss two initiatives that are making tax filing easy and free.
February 13, 2025
