Oregon’s Poor Families Lose $861 Million to Welfare Reform
Oregon uses funds for helping poor families be self-sufficient to cover other budget holes
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Oregon Agriculture Harvests Bumper Income
Net Income for Oregon Agriculture Triples Over Two-Year Period, Undermining Ag’s Attack on Oregon’s Minimum Wage
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Labor Day Report: Losing Ground
Workers slipping back as the economy expands
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Explaining Variations in State Hunger Rates
A large and rapidly expanding body of research has examined causes of household-level food insecurity and hunger. A definitive explanation has not emerged that links State prevalence rates of hunger to State-level characteristics such as poverty, employment, and per capita income. In this article, we examined the effect of State-level economic and demographic characteristics on
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Labor Day Report: Most Workers Left Out of Economic Recovery
News Release (Silverton) – Even though the economy is growing, earnings and health coverage are down for most Oregon workers, while hunger and bankruptcies are up, according to a Labor Day report by the Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP). The report, Losing Ground, analyzes the latest economic data to conclude that growth is bypassing a
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Statement by Charles Sheketoff on the $101 Million – 36% – Corporate Tax Cut
Today’s announcement in the “Close of Session” economic and revenue forecast that corporations in Oregon will be receiving a $101 million tax cut – which is equal to a 36 percent cut to their 2005 tax bills – should be a wake-up call for Oregon voters.
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Nearly a Third of Oregon Working Families With Children Can’t Afford Basic Household Budget Needs
Calculator for basic family budget needs in Oregon available online
The Paris Hilton Fan Club
Here’s an idea for running the economy: let’s all give tax breaks to super-rich heirs like Paris Hilton! Then, Paris and other lucky heirs and heiresses will spend our money in wise ways that the rest of us mopes never would have thought of, creating an economic boom and great jobs for everyone!
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Oregon Corporations Quietly Receive 23 Percent Reduction in 2005 Taxes
Without the Legislature taking a single vote, Oregon corporations finished the 2005 legislative session scoring a 23 percent reduction in their 2005 corporate income taxes, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
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40 Years is Not Over the Hill for Medicaid
On the 40th anniversary month of Medicaid’s creation, health care providers, Medicaid recipients, health insurers and state officials joined together today at the Evergreen Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center to celebrate the program’s success in providing health coverage to thousands of Oregonians and to call on Congress to protect Medicaid funding.
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