An Oregon Center for Public Policy analysis of recent income data shows the continuing suffocation of Oregon's middle class. That,
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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Read the full report with charts and graphs as a PDF: Economic Gains Flow to the Top as Oregon Income
Income inequality in Oregon is on the rise once again, according to new analysis of state income data by the
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its latest estimate of change in real gross domestic product — economic growth
Earlier this week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visited Portland for a series of events. In a speech at the
New data released this week from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Oregon’s per capita personal income increased
More Oregonians became officially "poor" this year, following publication of new federal poverty guidelines. These guidelines offer an important —
Last-minute decisions often do not yield good public policy. Congress has demonstrated this repeatedly. Consider last summer’s raise-the-debt-ceiling circus.
More than 100,000 low-paid Oregon workers will get a raise starting in the new year, when a 30-cent increase to
The latest iteration of the Oregon Business Plan prepared for the 2011 Leadership Summit, a gathering of Oregon business and
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