This Labor Day Oregon’s workers are producing goods and services more efficiently than when the economic expansion began four years
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This Labor Day Oregon is completing four years of an economic expansion with income benefits that have flowed disproportionately to
While the typical Oregon household’s income rose in 2005-06 by $1,667 over 2004-05, Oregon was unable to reduce poverty or
The purchasing power of food stamps has declined because Congress has not updated the value of food stamp benefits to
The Bush Administration has proposed eliminating $543 million in food stamp benefits for about 329,000 low-income Americans over the next
State and local governments raise and spend money primarily to educate our children, keep our communities safe, arbitrate disputes through
Federal payments to “Medicare Advantage” insurance plans in Oregon this year will average $1,893 per person more than what it
Approximately 43,000 low-income high school-age Oregonians – about one of every five children age 14 to 17 in Oregon –
Corporations operating in Oregon are doing well for themselves, but less well for Oregonians. In the last few years, corporations
If a majority of the Oregon Legislature think a tax is needed to support an important program, or that a
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