My name is Juan Carlos Ordóñez, communications director for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit this
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The Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) supports Senate Bill 398 and its effort to increase the use of the
by Janet Bauer, Policy Analyst, Before Senate Health Care Committee, February 21, 2017 The Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP)
Rural counties in Oregon are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the benefits from the
Oregon ranks near the bottom when it comes to the share of qualifying families that claim the federal Earned Income
A growing number of Oregon families are unable to escape poverty despite having a full-time worker, according to the Oregon
November 8, 2016, will be remembered as a dark day in Oregon history. An avalanche of corporate-funded misinformation buried the
Oregon’s poverty rate declined and the income of the typical Oregon household jumped last year, but not enough to return
As Oregonians mull raising taxes on large corporations this November, a new study finds that Oregon corporate taxes — both
The economy has rarely been better, if you belong to Oregon’s richest of the rich. The latest figures show that
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