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Tax Day has now passed. And many low-paid working families missed an opportunity to make their life a bit easier.
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For more than two decades, the Oregon Center for Public Policy has fought for and won policies that reduce economic
The experience of the current pandemic has taught us some valuable public policy lessons. One of those is that cash
Today, state economists gave their latest take on Oregon’s economy and revenue collections. Their presentation to Oregon lawmakers contained mostly
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