Oregon’s welfare agency, the Adult and Family Services Division of the Department of Human Services, is telling poor women on
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Executive Summary Since the passage of federal welfare reform, many legal immigrants and refugees in Oregon are now ineligible for
The Success of Oregon’s Minimum Wage and the Need for Reform Executive Summary The successful 1996 initiative to increase Oregon’s
News Release After rising along with the minimum wage between 1997 and 1999, the wages of Oregon’s low-paid workers are
News Release The federal government released the 2001 Federal Poverty Guidelines in today’s issue of the Federal Register. The poverty
New Study Finds Over 110,000 Eligible Oregonians Are Not Receiving Food Stamps
The Rich Get Richer While Most Oregonians Do Worse or No Better Tax Policy and Minimum Wage Law Impacted
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
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