Although Oregon’s labor market is stronger than it has been since before the Great Recession, there is still room for
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Labor Day arrives as Oregon enjoys one of its strongest job markets in years, but scars from the Great Recession
“Welfare reform” turns 20 this month and that’s nothing to celebrate.
You wouldn’t know it from the industry’s campaign spending, but the odds are remote that Oregon restaurant and lodging facilities
This November, Oregonians will face a clear choice: Vote "YES" for Measure 97 or endure more than a billion dollars
Measure 97 promises to greatly increase funding for Oregon schools, healthcare and senior services, by raising taxes on about 1,000
Oregon schools are in dire need of additional resources, and they will have fewer resources still if Comcast gets its
Several weeks ago the Oregon legislature’s economists in the Legislative Revenue Office (LRO) came out with an estimate of how
Corporations today pay far less in Oregon taxes than they used to — an outcome that did not arrive by
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Tripling Union Membership Would Transform the Nation
A big increase in union membership would go a long way in fixing what’s wrong with the economy, according to
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Oregonians Will Go Hungry as SNAP Implodes
Roughly 70,000 Oregonians have already dropped off the SNAP program since 2025, because of the Trump administration enacting the biggest
July 9, 2026
U.S. at 250: Toward a Third Reconstruction
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, what kind of country do we want to become? We speak with
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