Moneyed Oregon families have one more reason to pop open the champagne for the New Year, when a law cutting
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Oregon’s lowest-paid workers will get some help in making ends meet starting on New Year’s Day, when a 45-cent hike
With a congressional debate on the scope of a federal economic recovery package nearing, Oregon advocates urged lawmakers to aid
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,
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Tobias Read on How Oregon Is Resisting Trump’s Voting Crackdown
In this episode, Alejandro Queral speaks with Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read, the state’s chief elections officer, on efforts
April 9, 2026

“We’ve Been Very Foolish”: Inside Oregon’s Data Center Boom
Oregon is one of the nation’s top destinations for data centers, attracted by the state’s cheap power and favorable climate.
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Oregon Child Care Crisis: How ERDC Running Out of Funds Could Hurt 12,000 Families
Oregon’s subsidized child care program, Employment Related Day Care (ERDC), is on course to run out of money in less
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