The Success of Oregon’s Minimum Wage and the Need for Reform Executive Summary The successful 1996 initiative to increase Oregon’s
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The Governor and legislators are difficult to understand. They tell us they have to make deep and painful budget cuts
The idea underlying Governor Kitzhaber’s Oregon Children’s Plan makes intuitive sense – invest in children early on and Oregon may
Executive Summary Child care affordability is of great concern to many working families with children. The need for parents to
News Release Oregon continues to tax the incomes of low-income working families at higher rates than most states, according to
The slowing US economy could use some temporary fiscal stimulus to get things going again, but the Bush Administration’s tax
The Oregon Population Survey, recently released by the Oregon Progress Board, paints an odd picture of the state’s economy between
Oregonians have good reasons to be mad at Enron. Friends and neighbors who work for Enron subsidiary Portland General Electric
News Release Only one-quarter of elderly Oregon taxpayers will get any tax relief from Ballot Measures 88 and 91, according
News Release Only one-quarter of elderly Oregon taxpayers will get any tax relief from Ballot Measures 88 and 91, according
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