Chair Gelser Blouin, Vice-Chair Robinson, Members of the Committee: My name is Janet Bauer, Director of Policy Research for the
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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Chair Jama, Vice-Chair Anderson, and Members of the Committee, My name is Tyler Mac Innis, Policy Analyst for the Oregon
Chair Reynolds, Vice-Chairs Scharf and Nguyen, and Members of the Committee, My name is Daniel Hauser, Deputy Director for the
Download a PDF of The Oregon Kids’ Credit would be a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Oregon children By
[This commentary first appeared in Street Roots.] When then-Portland Mayor Charlie Hales declared a housing state of emergency in 2015,
Important update: Oregon Kids’ Credit is now available Eligible families can begin claiming the Oregon Kids’ Credit this tax filing
This week, Congress failed to pass a permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit. As a result, nearly 19 million
The strengthening of the federal Child Tax Credit in 2021 caused child poverty to plummet. Unfortunately, those changes were temporary,
If you could prevent millions of children from falling back into poverty, would you? Most of us, I imagine, would
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Lawmakers can do right by Oregon’s children
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