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About a quarter-million Oregon working families face a tax increase if Senators in the minority fail to return to Salem
Tax breaks can be well targeted or poorly targeted. Unfortunately, many tax breaks for seniors fall into the latter category,
State lawmakers have much to be proud of, having enacted Oregon’s largest investment in education in memory. This and future
Ten years ago, Oregon lawmakers were scrambling to fill a massive budget shortfall. The Great Recession had choked our economy,
The national oddity that is Oregon’s “kicker” law is on its way to hand huge bonuses to the richest Oregonians
The Marlboro Man hung up his spurs and Joe Camel was put out to pasture long ago, but marketing by
Read this report as a PDF: Schedule E Income Drives Inequality One of the forces that has propelled income inequality
This May Day arrives as many workers in Oregon struggle just to get paid for their labor.
Low-income Oregonians will benefit from an increase in the tobacco tax to fund the Oregon Health Plan and tobacco use
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