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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
If the Oregon legislature raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018 in three steps, as proposed by
Raising Oregon’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018, a proposal currently before the legislature, would constitute great progress
When more corporate dollars stay in Oregon than go out, that's a good thing for our state economy. It means
Even in cases where state regulators have concluded that employers failed to pay workers their wages, employers end up paying
A raise is a raise. And if the legislature raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour, over half a
Every state tax system in the country makes income inequality worse, but Oregon’s tax system does so less than most,
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