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If unemployed workers’ hearts aren’t warmed by tax cuts for affluent households alongside the refusal to extend federal UI benefits
Tens of Thousands of Unemployed Oregonians Will Lose Benefits Unless the “Look Back” Rule is Eliminated in Federal Extended Benefits
Tillamook and Columbia Counties have been added to a list of long-term, high unemployment areas in Oregon, and Sherman County
Clatsop County and Springfield have been added to a list of high unemployment areas in Oregon, according to the Silverton-based
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