Already suffering from the ills brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Oregonians could soon endure rounds of teacher layoffs, diminished
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The City Club of Eugene held an online forum titled "What We Know (and What We Don't Know) About Post-Coronavirus
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Unless the Oregon legislature intervenes, some very rich business owners will receive a new tax cut from the state, just
Statement by Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy Today’s Economic and Revenue Forecast removes any
Immigrant workers without legal status perform essential work; they are part of our community. Yet they are excluded from Unemployment
Last week, a fight over a ballot measure to fund services for people experiencing homelessness in the Portland metropolitan area
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Suspending the Oregon Corporate Activity Tax (CAT), as some in the business community have urged, would undermine school funding at
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