The nation's highest paid executive is "glad" to pay federal income taxes, according to a front page story in The
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It is well known that the official definition of poverty, based on a formula developed in the early 1960s, undercounts
$96,000 a day. That’s Nike CEO and president Mark Parker’s compensation, according to the newest list of executive pay at
I wonder what Kevin Mannix and the Oregon corporate lobby have to say about the newly published State Entrepreneurship Index
It doesn't take too long for your blood to boil when watching We’re Not Broke.
Years ago, shortly before blueoregon.com was launched, OCPP published a commentary titled We Interrupt This Repetition for a Few Facts....
Some (not me) like to divide the country into "makers" and "takers," portraying those who don't pay federal income taxes
Statement by OCPP Policy Analyst Jason Gettel on Census Data Release Poverty in Oregon increased yet again last year, and
About 128,000 Oregon workers are due for a raise, following today’s announcement that Oregon’s hourly minimum wage will go up
Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced a decline in the share Oregonians without health insurance — evidence that public structures
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