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This tax credit is targeted to low- and middle-income Oregonians. About 90 percent of the tax credit goes to families
Congress has handed Oregon lawmakers $2.6 billion to prevent cuts to services Oregonians need most and invest in pandemic recovery
Tax Day will arrive a month later than usual this year, another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. With additional time
Pop quiz: What is Oregon’s biggest housing subsidy? Many would likely not know the right answer: the mortgage interest deduction.
As vaccines for COVID-19 make their way into the arms of Americans, a sense of normality feels within reach. But
Chair Prusak, Vice-Chair Hayden, Vice-Chair Salinas, and Members of the Committee: My name is Janet Bauer, Senior Policy Analyst for
Take a massive, poorly targeted business-support program. Add to it a highly unusual federal tax break for the businesses getting
A tax credit intended to lift up working families leaves out more than a quarter-million Oregonians, most of them U.S.
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