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In the "say it often enough and it becomes true" game that passes for public debate too often in today's
An Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) analysis of data contained in the Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast released today
Read the report Job Recovery Continues to Elude Oregon Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) analysis of unemployment and jobs
Oregon's minimum corporate income tax is just $10. This minimum tax has not changed since being lowered in 1931.
President Bush’s economic team is scheduled to bring its public relations bus tour to Oregon this coming Wednesday, February 18,
The claim that Oregon government spending is out of control was an important part of the campaign against Measure 30.
Oregon has the lowest business tax burden in the country, according to a new study written by the accounting firm
Silverton is a quaint town where most parking meters take only pennies, nickels, and dimes.
In February, Oregon voters will decide the fate of a $1.1 billion revenue package adopted by the 2003 legislature. Voting
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