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When Oregonians receive their kicker checks over the next couple of weeks, they will also get a message from the
With funding for the popular State Children’s Health Program (SCHIP) set to expire later this month, over three dozen organizations
In 2005, Oregon adults in food insecure households were more than twice as likely to suffer from depression as adults
Oregonians struggling to put food on the table are more than twice as likely to suffer from depression than those
Take the word of a man willing to stake a million dollars on it: the U.S. tax system has been
This memo summarizes key provisions of HB 2469.
The State of Oregon is on the verge of enacting its ninth “kicker” tax rebate and returning an estimated $470
Although the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a modified version of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the fact that
Oregon’s education, health and other vital state services remain highly vulnerable to an economic recession, despite the Legislature’s creation of
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