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If you’re wondering what a “Happy Meal” costs, by all means go to McDonald’s. But if what you want to
How much income do families across Oregon need to get by? The federal poverty guidelines, unfortunately, provide an unsatisfactory answer.
The omnibus tax credits bill sent to the floor by the House Committee on Revenue rightly puts working families first
Ask any Oregon lawmaker what is his or her highest priority and almost invariably the answer is “jobs.” So it’s
Work is not a sure path out of poverty. The official poverty line, based on a formula developed in the
When the Great Recession struck, many Oregon families suddenly found themselves unable to put enough food on the table. And
Chair Greenlick and members of the committee: My name is Janet Bauer. I am a policy analyst with the Oregon
I was expecting to enter an upside-down room, but it turns out I walked into Bizarro World.
The Statesman Journal published a nice re-cap of a public hearing in Hearing Room A of the State Capitol on
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