Initiative petition 24 (“IP 24”) for the 2008 General Election, requires that Oregon school districts spend at least 65 percent
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Over my desk, there’s a poster dating back to the late 1970s that reads, “It will be a great day
Proponents of a ballot initiative that imposes an overly harsh and arbitrary spending limit in Oregon’s constitution are calling their
A new report finds that all but the wealthiest Oregonians will be worse off because of tax cuts enacted by
What happens when a community foundation and an ideological political magazine jointly convene and facilitate a group of 37 Oregon
With the economy on an upswing, Oregon’s workers should be seeing increased economic opportunities, but the numbers show they’re not.
Some people joke that there was a fork in the trail that led prospectors to the nation’s West Coast during
The typical Oregon household’s income remains stuck well below its level of a few years ago, despite a strong economy,
Measure 41 on the November 2006 ballot offers fool’s gold to Oregonians. The measure would make Oregon’s tax system more
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She Has a Good Job. She Still Needs a Food Bank: Oregon’s Affordability Crisis
What does it mean when you have a good job, work full time, and still can’t afford to make ends
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“Never Seen So Many People Lose Food Assistance So Quickly”
At a time when the cost of food and other essentials has been on the rise, our nation’s most important
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Tripling Union Membership Would Transform the Nation
A big increase in union membership would go a long way in fixing what’s wrong with the economy, according to
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