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Oregon can make work more rewarding for low-income families by improving its Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), currently set at
In eras past, doctors routinely bled patients in an effort to cure them. Fortunately, the medical profession eventually recognized that
Oregon’s lowest-paid workers will get a small boost with the start of the New Year, when the state’s minimum hourly
As a result of the federal Affordable Care Act, the New Year will usher in changes to Medicare that will
In eras past, doctors routinely bled patients in an effort to cure them. Fortunately, the medical profession eventually recognized that
The Great Recession created a long list of economic hardship for Oregonians, including sharply higher unemployment, declining income and higher
With Congress having reconvened this week for its lame-duck session, a group of Oregonians today urged lawmakers to let the
I’m an auto mechanic, not an economist. But I know that small businesses like mine form a vital jobs engine
Sometimes the words that fail to appear in a written commentary are the most revealing. In “There’s a whole new
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