The headline in a front-page story in Saturday’s The Oregonian read: “'Shocking' increase in poverty rests on flawed statistics.”
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I was pleased to see that The Oregonian’s lead story yesterday brought attention to the extent of the hardship that
We need a do-something Congress. Because if lawmakers fail to extend emergency unemployment benefits before year’s end, it will wreak
Intel recently released a report on the “Economic Impacts of Intel’s Oregon Operations,” the third in an irregular series of
Policymakers across the nation and the Obama administration are rightly looking at Oregon Measures 66 and 67 as a guide
Last month, Gov. John Kitzhaber travelled to Springfield, Oregon, to deliver a speech on the “State of the Schools.” In
Oregon’s path to achieving excellence in education just got steeper.
I am pleased to see that Brian Collins and I agree that the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange is an essential
Even though by one important measure Oregon’s economy improved a bit last year, poverty and extreme poverty in the state
Amid the slew of bleak statistics contained in today’s U.S. Census data, one item shined brightly: a large drop in
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