U.S. Census Bureau data released today showed that Oregon failed to make progress expanding health coverage or reducing poverty in
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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
By more than a two-to-one margin Oregonians favor the legislature’s recently enacted tax increases on corporations and the wealthy, according
Unemployment benefits will run out for thousands of Oregon workers in the next few months. By moving quickly to extend
What was once said of General Motors rings true for small businesses: what’s good for them is good for America.
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