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Misinformation and fear are driving the campaign to repeal the revenue measures enacted by the 2009 legislature.
As congressional debate on reforming the nation’s health care system continues, a federal survey released today confirmed that about one
Oregon’s lowest-paid workers won’t be getting a raise next year. With the recession keeping inflation in check, Oregon law has
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
In the pantheon of American values, few are more venerated than work. The esteem accorded to a strong work ethic
Even with the corporate tax increase enacted by the 2009 legislature, corporations will still be contributing nowhere near the share
The overhaul of the nation’s welfare system 13 years ago was supposed to help set poor families on a path
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