When the Great Recession struck, many Oregon families suddenly found themselves unable to put enough food on the table. And yet food insecurity rates in Oregon remained relatively unchanged.
What’s the Strongest Defense Against Hunger? Read More »
Chair Greenlick and members of the committee: My name is Janet Bauer. I am a policy analyst with the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
Basic Health has the potential to boost Oregon’s recent efforts to extend coverage and care to all Oregonians — at little cost to the state.
Basic Health’s Advantages Read More »
I was expecting to enter an upside-down room, but it turns out I walked into Bizarro World.
The Statesman Journal published a nice re-cap of a public hearing in Hearing Room A of the State Capitol on the Oregon Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which gives a small but important income boost to poor, working families. The Joint Committee on Tax Credits heard from families, small business people and advocates on the effectiveness of
The World Turns Upside Down for the Tax Credits Committee Read More »
Watch this short (3 min.) video in which small business owners from communities across Oregon — members of the Main Street Alliance of Oregon — tell the Legislature why renewing and improving the Earned Income Tax Credit “is the right thing to do.”
Oregon has set the health policy world abuzz once again.
A just-published study in the New England Journal of Medicine about the 2008 expansion of the Oregon Health Plan via a lottery system has generated a flurry of discussion about how expanding Medicaid impacts people’s health.
Oregon’s Lesson to the Nation: Medicaid Works Read More »
One of the most compelling arguments for a sales tax is that Oregon can capture funds from out-of-state tourists.
Letting tourists off easy Read More »
The desire to help small business owners is understandable, as they are an important component of our economy and communities.
The Misguided “Small Business Tax Cut” Read More »
Not too long ago, the state economists showed how deep the Great Recession’s impact has been on Oregon’s employment compared to previous recessions. The Oregonian senior political reporter Jeff Mapes blogged about one graph in particular in How far Oregon has to get its jobs back — in one depressing graphic. Mapes was correct: the Oregon Office of Economic
Keep Your Eye on the Jobs-to-Worker Ratio Read More »
Governor John Kitzhaber and Oregon Business Association leaders should have read last Friday’s edition of the Portland Business Journal before claiming to the Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue this week that Oregon’s income tax on investment gains — capital gains — discourages investment in Oregon.
Hey Governor and Oregon Business Association, Read the Paper! Read More »
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