Chair Greenlick and members of the committee: My name is Janet Bauer. I am a policy analyst with the Oregon
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OCPP policy analyst Janet Bauer submitted testimony to the Oregon House Health Care Committee in support of HB 2134. This
Oregonians will soon get a chance to hear one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, give his take on
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
Statement by OCPP Policy Analyst Jason Gettel on Census Data Release Poverty in Oregon increased yet again last year, and
About 128,000 Oregon workers are due for a raise, following today’s announcement that Oregon’s hourly minimum wage will go up
News Release Many Oregon workers face a more difficult and uncertain path to recovering wages stolen by employers, now that
Income inequality in Oregon is on the rise once again, according to new analysis of state income data by the
OCPP tallies claims against construction, information, hotel and restaurant industries
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