How much income do families across Oregon need to get by? The federal poverty guidelines, unfortunately, provide an unsatisfactory answer.
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Even before full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Oregon made progress in assuring health insurance coverage for its residents.
Men more than women. Communities of color typically more than whites. Malheur County residents more than Polk County residents.
To view a full copy of this report with charts and graphs view the PDF: Economic Gains Flow to the
A View of the State of Working Oregon If economic growth alone determined the well-being of a state’s inhabitants, all
If economic growth alone determined the well-being of a state’s inhabitants, all Oregonians would be thriving. When measured by economic
Last December President Obama stated that income inequality is the “defining challenge of our time.” OCPP’s latest publications illustrate how
One of the nation’s foremost experts on income inequality, David Cay Johnston, is coming to Oregon in May to discuss
The income group in Oregon who pays the highest share of their income to state and local taxes: Lowest-income households.[1]
While Oregon children sit in overcrowded classrooms and college students face unaffordable tuition, some corporations with millions in profits and
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