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The Center and other partner organizations held a press conference to push back on the Senate health care plan. Watch
It’s never too late to hope that lawmakers do the right thing. Here at the Oregon Center for Public Policy,
Twenty-five cents for every $100 in sales. That is how much a company in the construction industry with $100 million
I’ve heard some folks opposed to enacting a Commercial Activities Tax (CAT) complain that taxing gross receipts, rather than profits,
This week, the Kansas legislature finally had enough. On a bipartisan vote, it pulled the plug on a massive tax
With lawmakers considering an overhaul of how Oregon taxes businesses, it’s a good time to reiterate a point we’ve made
Creating a personal income tax credit to address the impact of a proposed commercial activities tax (CAT), instead of reducing
[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
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