As the 2009 legislature enters its final weeks and considers revenue bills to balance the budget and make the 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.
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 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
With a congressional debate on the scope of a federal economic recovery package nearing, Oregon advocates urged lawmakers to aid
The morning after the election, I watched a video of Barack Obama telling how, on a rainy morning last June,
With time running out to file for an economic stimulus payment from the federal government, new data show that tens
The 45-cent hike to Oregon’s minimum wage starting next year will be welcome news for the state’s lowest-paid workers, who
Next year, the Oregon Legislative Assembly may face two different income tax measures purporting to help working families.
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