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The success of Oregon’s recent health reform legislation assumes that a “transformation” of the health care delivery system can improve
Many of the nation’s Fortune 500 companies — including Intel, Oregon’s largest private employer — have paid little or no
Today, the interim House and Senate Revenue Committees received a report from the Legislative Revenue Office on the impacts of
Oregon state income taxes hit working poor and near-poor families harder than income taxes in most other states.[1] Oregon’s tax
As poverty continues to rise in Oregon, a new report published today said that Oregon remains among a minority of
[Note: I have corrected an error in the original post regarding Rep. Kurt Schrader's position on a balanced budget amendment.]
Even under the inadequate, official definition, poverty engulfs a large share of Oregonians. And the social tragedy that is poverty
The headline in a front-page story in Saturday’s The Oregonian read: “'Shocking' increase in poverty rests on flawed statistics.”
I was pleased to see that The Oregonian’s lead story yesterday brought attention to the extent of the hardship that
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