Long-term unemployment remains especially high More than four years after the end of the Great Recession, Oregon’s job market has
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News Release As calls for a higher minimum wage grow louder around the country, Oregon’s wage floor is quietly set
Oregon Governor Tom McCall famously once said, "Oregon is demure and lovely, and it ought to play a little hard
Nothing. Nada. Zip. That’s how much additional economic investment Oregon is getting out of the deal just inked between Intel
In the latest tax reform plan floated in Salem, the inclusion of a sales tax is not the problem. The
Oregon’s economy and tens of thousands of Oregon families will suffer if Congress fails to extend emergency unemployment benefits soon.
During the recent brief debate before the legislature pushed through the “Grand Bargain” tax package, I pointed out that the
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I wasn’t holding out much hope for a favorable legislative draft of the “Grand Bargain” tax package, but the bill
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