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This tax season, Oregon will require a minimum wage worker who was employed full-time, year-round last year and supported one
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
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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.
March 12, 2026

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
February 12, 2026
