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Hear and meet one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, talk about income inequality, the state of the middle
Oregonians will soon get a chance to hear one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, give his take on
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) increases opportunity and provides pathways out of poverty in every corner of Oregon.
Wage claims filed recently with state officials show that the problem of wage theft in Oregon has not gone away.
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Oregon’s low-paid workers will get a raise starting in the new year, when a 15-cent increase to the state’s minimum
Tens of thousands of unemployed Oregonians need Congress to act now to extend Emergency Unemployment Insurance (see this story and
The news that Jeld-Wen, Oregon’s largest private company, is establishing its North American headquarters in North Carolina confirms that corporate
That’s the justification given by the Nike, Governor Kitzhaber and others for ramming through a law that would allow the
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