The income group in Oregon who pays the highest share of their income to state and local taxes: Lowest-income households.[1]
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While Oregon children sit in overcrowded classrooms and college students face unaffordable tuition, some corporations with millions in profits and
Economic Fairness Oregon and the Oregon Center for Public Policy have an important tax filing message for Oregonians.
Some highly profitable corporations are finding ways to avoid paying any state income taxes, Oregon and national data show.
This fact sheet provides a long-term view of changes in income going to Oregon's top 1 percent, compared to the
The same company whose lawsuit made it possible for corporations to side-step Oregon’s corporate minimum tax turns out to be
Over a recent one-year period, food service and construction workers filed more wage theft claims with the Oregon Bureau of
A few years from now, long after Cover Oregon’s website woes are but a distant memory, tens of thousands of
As a state we are failing our children by packing them in overcrowded classrooms. Oregon has some of the largest
As a state we are failing our children by packing them in overcrowded classrooms. Oregon has some of the largest
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