Creating a personal income tax credit to address the impact of a proposed commercial activities tax (CAT), instead of reducing
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[This blog was corrected 6/13/17.] * You don’t need to look far to see that Oregon is not investing enough
Today, low-income working families achieved a significant victory with the Oregon Senate’s approval of Senate Bill 398-B in a bipartisan
With the clock ticking on an Oregon legislative session that has yet to resolve a $1.4 billion revenue shortfall, the
Life will get even harder for thousands of Oregon’s poorest children if lawmakers fail to fill the state's revenue gap.
School districts in Oregon have been drawing up plans for staff cuts, in case the Oregon legislature fails to come
If Oregonians needed a reminder of how reckless the Oregon kicker law is, today we got it in the state
Poor children don’t have a megaphone. They can’t create a dark money-funded group to pay for TV ads that attack
About one out of seven jobs in Oregon are state or local government jobs — a slightly lower ratio than
The Oregon House leadership should be commended for putting forward a bold revenue proposal that would improve the lives of
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