New national employment data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Oregon is adding jobs at a
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Analysis of data in the June Economic and Revenue Forecast shows that Oregon has a revenue problem, not a spending
When you use that credit card, sometimes it's easy to forget your purchase isn't free, even though your checkbook or
Full recovery from the recession is more than a year away
We should all be thankful we live in Oregon, not Colorado. The recession hit hard in Colorado, as it did
Opponents of public services, claiming that Oregon has a spending problem, seek to impose on the State a new “spending
Contrary to claims that surface each year with the arrival of tax day (April 15th), household taxes in Oregon have
Sheldon Cohen, a former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, once wrote, "People think taxation is a terribly mundane subject.
A comprehensive new analysis of research on the factors influencing business location decisions shows that state-level tax cuts have little
Nearly 2,200 low-income families in Portland and thousands of others around Oregon could lose their federal housing assistance in the
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