Raising Oregon’s minimum wage to $15 per hour could boost the bottom line of small businesses, a sector that has enjoyed growth even after substantial wage hikes over the years.
Oregon Small Businesses Can Thrive With a Higher Minimum Wage Read More »
Raising Oregon’s minimum wage to $15 per hour would give small businesses more of what they need most: customers with money.
A Higher Minimum Wage Works for Small Businesses Read More »
Center policy analyst Tyler MacInnis sat down with Ken Adams, host of The Valley View, and talked about Oregon’s business climate and the imperative to increase the minimum wage.
Business Climate and Minimum Wage Read More »
Although Oregon has a minimum income tax for corporations, 492 corporations paid less than the minimum in tax year 2012.[1] Some corporations paid nothing at all.
Hundreds of Corporations Escape the Minimum Tax Read More »
At a recent Portland City Club forum, club member Bill Holmer questioned whether Oregon has low business taxes, as claimed in a recent report by the Oregon Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) (PDF).
Yes, Oregon has very low business taxes and is quite competitive Read More »
by Janet Bauer, Policy Analyst, Before House Committee on Health Care, March 6, 2015
Good afternoon, Chair Greenlick, Co-chairs Hayden and Nosse and members of the committee. My name is Janet Bauer. I am a policy analyst with the Oregon Center for Public Policy. OCPP participates in the Inclusion, Affordability and Innovation Coalition, which supports consideration of a Basic Health Program in Oregon.
Testimony in Support of HB 2934 Read More »
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities recently published state fact sheets showing the extent to which each state has cut funding for higher education. The cuts threaten the economic futures of students and states.
Oregon’s Higher Ed Cuts In Perspective Read More »
Oregon has one of the nation’s highest use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, new federal analysis shows.
Food Stamp Use and Oregon’s Commitment to Help Families Read More »
Every year, it gets harder for struggling working families to get temporary assistance from Oregon’s primary anti-poverty program for families with children.
Oregon’s Largest Anti-Poverty Program Increasingly Shuts Out Working Families Read More »
If the Oregon legislature raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018 in three steps, as proposed by HB 2009, it would not be the first time lawmakers enact a substantial minimum wage increase. In 1989, Oregon lawmakers raised the minimum wage, which then stood at $3.35. The result: By January 1, 1991, Oregon’s
There’s Oregon Precedent for a Big Minimum Wage Increase Read More »