News Release The Oregon Center for Public Policy, a Silverton-based public policy research organization, released data this Labor Day weekend
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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Across the nation, the number of people receiving cash assistance has declined sharply since the mid-1990s. In Oregon, the number
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