One in eight low-income Oregon adults pay check cashing outfits to cash their checks, and Central Oregon has the highest
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Justice in the workplace, tax system, and economy are essential to a just society, but reforms in other areas are necessary to ensure all Oregonians live with dignity. We must confront the legacy of racist institutions and present-day forms of discrimination that impede opportunities for Oregonians of color.
Solidarity
Justice in the workplace, tax system, and economy are essential to a just society, but reforms in other areas are necessary to ensure all Oregonians live with dignity. We must confront the legacy of racist institutions and present-day forms of discrimination that impede opportunities for Oregonians of color.
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Initiative petition 24 (“IP 24”) for the 2008 General Election, requires that Oregon school districts spend at least 65 percent
Over my desk, there’s a poster dating back to the late 1970s that reads, “It will be a great day
Recent policy discussions about improving Medicaid have included the idea of allowing states to increase the amounts that low-income beneficiaries
On the 40th anniversary month of Medicaid’s creation, health care providers, Medicaid recipients, health insurers and state officials joined together
Medicaid is the nation’s major public health program for low-income Americans, financing health and long-term care services for more than
A group of thirty-eight Oregon organizations representing a range of providers and consumer groups who have first hand knowledge of
Widely cited rankings of state business climates are so deeply flawed as to be meaningless, according to a new book
Chuck Sheketoff, executive director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, today released the following statement regarding the President’s budget:
Nearly 2,200 low-income families in Portland and thousands of others around Oregon could lose their federal housing assistance in the
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