The new federal funds that would flow to Oregon as a result of the proposed Healthy Kids Plan would significantly boost the state’s economy and would increase personal incomes.
For the Health of Kids & the Economy Read More »
The Food Stamp Program has made severe hunger rare in America. In the late 1960s, medical research found that American children suffered and died from diseases related to severe malnutrition.
The Food Stamp Program in Oregon Read More »
Public discussion in Oregon about undocumented immigrant workers and their families has tended to focus on the costs to Oregon of providing certain public services to these families. Relatively little is mentioned about the contributions undocumented workers make to Oregon.
Undocumented Workers Are Taxpayers, Too Read More »
Las discusiones públicas recientes sobre los trabajadores inmigrantes indocumentados se han concentrado en los costos de Oregon al proveer ciertos servicios públicos a sus familias. Poco se ha dicho acerca de las contribuciones que los trabajadores indocumentados hacen al estado de Oregon
La Contribución De Los Inmigrantes Indocumentados A La Economía De Oregon Read More »
Families in Oregon who work but whose wages do not allow them to escape poverty continue to pay income taxes. Oregon is one of a minority of states that levies income taxes on working families in poverty.
Working, Poor, and Taxed: Improving Oregon’s Earned Income Credit Read More »
Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs) are transferring substantial amounts of refunded tax dollars intended to support low-wage working families into the pockets of tax preparation companies.
Who’s Getting Stuck with RALs? Read More »
Working Oregonians who are poor or near-poor pay high state income taxes compared to their counterparts in other states, according to a report released today by the Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
Oregon’s Income Taxes on Working Poor and Near Poor Among Highest in the Nation Read More »
As state and national lawmakers consider proposals to assure health care for children, and Oregonians gather at the state capitol on Wednesday to support coverage for all Oregon kids, a new analysis of federal data shows that children in Oregon families with modest incomes are increasingly being squeezed out of insurance coverage.
If we lived in Maryland we’d have the same state drink (milk) and state dance (square) as Oregon. But unfortunately the important similarities would end there.
As Maryland Goes, So Should Oregon Read More »
The federal Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), signed into law by President Bush last year, changed the federal requirements related to Oregon’s Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program.
Opportunities for Improving Oregon’s TANF Program Read More »
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