The Rich Get Richer While Most Oregonians Do Worse or No Better Tax Policy and Minimum Wage Law Impacted
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News Release An end-of-session maneuver, called a “gut-and-stuff,” replaced one tax cut bill, Senate Bill 535, with the contents of
Executive Summary In 1997, the Oregon Legislative Assembly created two new targeted tax credits aimed at providing tax relief to
Executive Summary Policy analysts at the Oregon Center for Public Policy examined economic data to ascertain the impacts of the
News Release Recent dramatic reductions in welfare caseloads should not be equated with a reduction in the number of poor
News Release By enacting a state earned income credit in 1997, Oregon became one of six states that have raised
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