The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused the cancellation of graduation ceremonies, the NBA season, and other events, but the 2020 census goes on. The pandemic will make it both more important and harder for the U.S. Census Bureau to carry out the constitutional requirement to count ever person in our country every 10 years. There […]
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More than three dozen organizations today urged Oregon lawmakers to reject calls for business tax cuts issued in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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In this time of crisis, Oregonians will need public services like never before. The state will need to devote significant resources to respond to a public health crisis of unprecedented scope, all while working to protect Oregon families slammed by an economic crisis.
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As Congress and the Trump administration craft an economic response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting economic crisis, it is vital that the package be fast-acting, robust, and provide ongoing support throughout this emergency.
There is a clear and pressing need for the state of Oregon to complement much-needed federal actions to address the current public health and economic crisis.
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For some families economically hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Oregon’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is the last line of defense.
With some changes, Oregon’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program can help Oregonians better cope with the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The virus and efforts to contain it threaten to disrupt the workplace. Quarantines, layoffs, and other upheavals put at risk the economic well-being of working families, especially those living paycheck-to-paycheck. By making appropriate changes to its UI program, Oregon can help workers and businesses weather this health emergency.
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Last week, the short legislative session ended without substantive progress on issues of critical importance to Oregon’s working families. Republicans in both legislative chambers left the building to prevent the House and Senate from advancing legislation that would regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In so doing, several pieces of legislation that would help level the playing
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Until recently, it looked as though a tax subsidy for wealthy investors would finally have its day of reckoning. Oregon House Bill 4010 sought to pare back and make more transparent the so-called “Opportunity Zones” tax break.
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The first television sitcom, Jackson and Jill, aired in 1949. It featured a family structure reprised in many TV shows to follow: a working husband and a stay-at-home wife .
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