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Chair Nathanson, Vice-Chair Reschke, Vice-Chair Marsh, and members of the committee, My name is Daniel Hauser, tax policy analyst for
Chair Keny-Guyer, Vice-Chair Noble, Vice-Chair Williams, and Members of the Committee, My name is Daniel Hauser, tax policy analyst for
The following are the 2020 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, informally referred to as the “federal poverty level.” The guidelines determine
Oregon families are among the least likely to benefit from the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) — a tax credit
Only two states fared worse than Oregon in 2016 when it came to share of families that qualified for the
To find the way forward, it often helps to look at the past. That’s certainly the case when it comes
When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial to deliver his famed I
In the years to come, Oregonians could be on the hook for massive subsidies to wealthy investors, as a result
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