In February, Oregonians will vote on a revenue package adopted by the 2003 Legislative Assembly in an effort to balance the budget and avoid deeper budget cuts in vital programs. If Measure 30 fails, education, public safety, and human services programs will be cut by $790 million in the current state budget.
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Two new reports released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy are heating up the debate over Measure 30, a revenue package designed to balance the state budget and avoid further cuts to education, public safety and human services in the current and next budget cycle.
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November Employment Figures Show Job Market Still Has a Long Way to Go
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Work does not assure that Oregon adults will escape hunger. Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) analysis of new health survey data shows that one in seven working adults in Oregon lived in food insecure households during 2002. Their work effort was not enough to assure that they’d have enough to eat. Read Work Does
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OCPP analysis of new state health survey data shows that fortyfive percent of Latino adults in Oregon lived in food insecure households in 2002. By contrast, just 12 percent of nonLatino adults lived in food insecure homes (Table 1). Read Oregon Latinos More Likely Food Insecure (PDF).
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Severe financial stress triggers hunger for nearly all households with members who sometimes go hungry. The adults in these households do not always have enough money to eat what their bodies need. In addition, the help they can get from other sources – family, friends, charities, and government assistance – is not always enough to
One in Five Adults in Households with Hunger Considered Suicide Read More »
News Release A state health survey has found that more than one in five adults living in homes with hunger in 2001 and 2002 seriously considered suicide, according to an analysis of the survey results released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP). “The high rate of suicidal ideation among adults living in
If unemployed workers’ hearts aren’t warmed by tax cuts for affluent households alongside the refusal to extend federal UI benefits in a job market that has a long way to go before “recovering,” they can always burn the coal
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“Jobs Gap” Shows Economic News Still Not Good Enough
Still No Job Recovery Read More »
Tens of Thousands of Unemployed Oregonians Will Lose Benefits Unless the “Look Back” Rule is Eliminated in Federal Extended Benefits Programs
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