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Matt Newell-Ching, Public Policy Manager at Oregon Food Bank, warns us about the hunger crisis brewing in Oregon. The cuts to SNAP so far have kicked off 47,000 Oregonians, leaving them at heightened risk of hunger.

As the cost of food and other basic needs soars, the Trump administration has delivered a one-two punch to the nation’s food security safety net.

First, it cut a program that was sending literally tons of food to food pantries in Oregon and across the nation. Now, the shelves at those food pantries are getting bare, due to increased demand. Second, H.R. 1 – the massive tax and budget bill enacted last year – made big cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s first line of defense against hunger.
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“The number one metropolitan area over the last five years has been Portland, the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area,” according to a recent study by the Economic Innovation Group on new businesses moving to an area.

The big business lobby constantly complains that Oregon’s “business climate” is terrible, but what does the data actually show?

In this episode of Policy for the People, we dig into one of the most common myths about Oregon’s economy: that the state has a bad business climate. Guest economist Joe Cortright explains.

Listen here: https://bit.ly/4tbc4in

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