Oregon’s lowest-paid workers will get some help in making ends meet starting on New Year’s Day, when a 45-cent hike in the state’s minimum wage takes effect.
New Year Brings Wage Boost for Oregon’s Lowest-Paid Workers Read More »
With a congressional debate on the scope of a federal economic recovery package nearing, Oregon advocates urged lawmakers to aid states facing serious revenue shortfalls and protect vulnerable populations from falling deeper into poverty.
Oregon Advocates Urge Congress to Aid States and Prevent Worsening of Poverty Read More »
Read the report Rolling Up Our Sleeves: Building an Oregon That Works for Working Families. A great task awaits Oregonians, that of building an Oregon that once again works for working families. Working families in Oregon, as in the rest of the nation, faced a tough economic environment even before the onset of the current
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News Release It used to be that economic growth and increased productivity translated into gains for ordinary working families, but no longer. During the economic expansion that preceded the current recession, most Oregon workers lost ground. That predicament and how to confront it are the focus of a major report released today by the Oregon
Report Outlines Strategies for Reviving Economic Opportunity Read More »
Sure, New York has brought us some Big Apple-sized stinkers of late, from the Wall Street derivative house of cards to the Bernard Madoff massive Ponzi scheme.
I Love New York . . . Economists Read More »
Only a handful of Oregonians are subject to the federal estate tax, and their ranks will shrink further next year, according to a study released today.
Only a Handful of Oregonians Pay the Estate Tax Read More »
Today’s revenue forecast shows that Oregon is in a revenue crisis, not a spending crisis. The Governor and legislators should address it with revenue solutions.
More than one out of nine children in Oregon lack health care coverage, a situation that is likely to worsen in the current economic downturn absent government action, according to a new report out today.
Oregon Uninsured Children Read More »
The morning after the election, I watched a video of Barack Obama telling how, on a rainy morning last June, Edith Childs of Greenwood, South Carolina, energized a room full of people with her chant, “Fired up! Ready to go!”
Fired Up and Ready to Go End Poverty Read More »
An example of unintended consequences, Measure 59 on the November ballot would raise taxes on as many as 120,000 Oregonians, many of them retirees, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
Measure 59 Would Raise Taxes on Retirees and Other Oregonians Read More »
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