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Raising Oregon’s minimum wage to $15 per hour could boost the bottom line of small businesses, a sector that has
Raising Oregon’s minimum wage to $15 per hour would give small businesses more of what they need most: customers with
Center policy analyst Tyler MacInnis sat down with Ken Adams, host of The Valley View, and talked about Oregon's business
Although Oregon has a minimum income tax for corporations, 492 corporations paid less than the minimum in tax year 2012.[1]
At a recent Portland City Club forum, club member Bill Holmer questioned whether Oregon has low business taxes, as claimed
by Janet Bauer, Policy Analyst, Before House Committee on Health Care, March 6, 2015 Good afternoon, Chair Greenlick, Co-chairs Hayden
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities recently published state fact sheets showing the extent to which each state has
Oregon has one of the nation’s highest use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps,
Every year, it gets harder for struggling working families to get temporary assistance from Oregon’s primary anti-poverty program for families
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