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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U.S. Census Bureau data released today showed that Oregon failed to make progress expanding health coverage or reducing poverty in
In the midst of a severe recession it should come as no surprise that the most recent economic data available

News Release This Labor Day Oregon workers confront near record-high unemployment, falling wages and a safety net with holes. That’s

The overhaul of the nation’s welfare system 13 years ago was supposed to help set poor families on a path

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the federal recovery package, exempts from federal income taxes the

As the 2009 legislature enters its final weeks and considers revenue bills to balance the budget and make the state

Read a pdf of this fact sheet: SB 461 Helps Low-income Workers Gain Job Skills, Strengthens Oregon’s Workforce SB 461

With unemployment at 9 percent and rising, Oregon could use an economic boost. Congress is working on legislation, the American

The federal government today raised the poverty line, which Oregon uses to determine eligibility for some public assistance programs.
Oregon’s lowest-paid workers will get some help in making ends meet starting on New Year’s Day, when a 45-cent hike

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