Such a hard year. Such a momentous year. 2020 may go down as a turning point in history. A worldwide
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How will historians depict the year 2020? I have been pondering this for the last few months, perhaps as a
So massive are the property tax breaks that Intel enjoys in Oregon that no school district in the nation lost
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All Oregonians deserve to live in dignity — to enjoy economic security and the possibility to thrive. This is doable.
Just as COVID-19 poses greater risk to patients with preexisting conditions, the same may be said of communities. When COVID-19
The healthcare of many Oregonians is on the line in a case soon to be argued before the U.S. Supreme
The Oregon Center for Public Policy endorses Measure 108. We produced this short video explaining why a "yes" vote on
A key takeaway from the latest Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast, presented to Oregon lawmakers yesterday, is this: Additional federal
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