Oregon’s lowest-paid workers will get a small boost with the start of the New Year, when the state’s minimum hourly
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As a result of the federal Affordable Care Act, the New Year will usher in changes to Medicare that will
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The Great Recession created a long list of economic hardship for Oregonians, including sharply higher unemployment, declining income and higher
With Congress having reconvened this week for its lame-duck session, a group of Oregonians today urged lawmakers to let the
I’m an auto mechanic, not an economist. But I know that small businesses like mine form a vital jobs engine
Sometimes the words that fail to appear in a written commentary are the most revealing. In “There’s a whole new
Over the next couple of weeks, uninsured Oregonians with few earnings who take a few minutes to register with the
Over the next couple of weeks, uninsured Oregonians with few earnings who take a few minutes to register with the
Oregonians’ priorities. That ought to be the legislature’s guide when it comes into session in January and confronts a revenue
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