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Oregon doubled its take of venture capital last year without conferring special tax breaks to encourage the investment, according to
President Bush’s proposed 2009 budget would cut over $200 million in federal funding for a slew of social programs in
The U.S. home loan market is failing in spectacular fashion. A housing bubble created partly by lax consumer protection laws
Imagine you’re driving down the road and see a large pothole up ahead. Would you run over it and risk
Those looking for an emergency to justify this month’s “special session” by the Oregon Legislative Assembly need search no more.
With SB 1090, the Oregon legislature will address mortgage lending reform during the 2008 special session. As legislators take up
As the Oregon legislature prepares to consider stronger regulation of the mortgage loan industry, a new analysis by the Oregon
Years ago, facing legal and political pressure for marketing cancer sticks to youth, R.J. Reynolds put out to pasture its
After years of calling the state lottery “a bad tax on people with a poor understanding of statistics,” the Oregon
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In this episode, we examine the crisis in Oregon’s system of long-term care. Demand for long-term care is rising as
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Income inequality in Oregon remains vast, but history shows this is not inevitable.
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