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Read the report Rolling Up Our Sleeves: Building an Oregon That Works for Working Families. A great task awaits Oregonians,
News Release It used to be that economic growth and increased productivity translated into gains for ordinary working families, but
Sure, New York has brought us some Big Apple-sized stinkers of late, from the Wall Street derivative house of cards
Only a handful of Oregonians are subject to the federal estate tax, and their ranks will shrink further next year,
Today’s revenue forecast shows that Oregon is in a revenue crisis, not a spending crisis. The Governor and legislators should
More than one out of nine children in Oregon lack health care coverage, a situation that is likely to worsen
The morning after the election, I watched a video of Barack Obama telling how, on a rainy morning last June,
An example of unintended consequences, Measure 59 on the November ballot would raise taxes on as many as 120,000 Oregonians,
New data shows that even before the economy turned down, the share of Oregon workers receiving health coverage from their
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