A framework for a Basic Health Program — potentially the next big step in health reform in Oregon — has
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As 2015 comes to a close, we look back on the Center’s publications that proved most popular with Oregonians. Here
Holding a job is not enough to lift many Oregon families out of poverty, and the problem is getting worse,
For a growing number of Oregon families, holding down a job is not enough to lift them out of poverty.
There is no free lunch. Especially when Wall Street is hovering over the table.
Corporations have gamed our tax system and it is costing the rest of us billions.
Oregon is tied for the nation’s lowest business taxes in a study conducted by the accounting firm Ernst & Young
Thanks to health care reform efforts, there are now more Oregonians with health insurance than at any time in recent
Oregon is in last place nationally when it comes to the share of families qualifying for the federal Earned Income
Tomorrow’s Friday Forum at the City Club of Portland should be a great one, revolving around the club’s recently released
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