How much income do families across Oregon need to get by? The federal poverty guidelines, unfortunately, provide an unsatisfactory answer.
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News Release As calls for a higher minimum wage grow louder around the country, Oregon’s wage floor is quietly set
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Chair Greenlick and members of the committee: My name is Janet Bauer. I am a policy analyst with the Oregon
OCPP policy analyst Janet Bauer submitted testimony to the Oregon House Health Care Committee in support of HB 2134. This
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Oregon’s low-paid workers will get a raise starting in the new year, when a 15-cent increase to the state’s minimum
The income gap that separates Oregon’s richest families from everyone else increased over the past three decades, according to a
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