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The Legislative Analyst’s Office says the state’s $16-an-hour minimum can’t dispel poverty or inequality, though it’s among the highest in the U.S.
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The new program would provide more poor adult Oregonians with stable, publicly funded healthcare, but it comes at the cost of some middle-class families paying more for private health insurance each month.
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Companies and consumers aren’t happy, but consumer advocates say the proposed rule could be a more efficient use of the public’s money.
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Californians who don’t file taxes — because they don’t earn enough to owe any — won’t receive the new round of state payments. That includes some seniors and disabled people, as well as some of the lowest-income adults.
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The proposed 115-unit complex would begin to address a chronic housing shortage in the region that was made worse by the 2020 wildfires in the Rogue Valley.
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A commission created by the Oregon Legislature has a September deadline to propose a plan for people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage.
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A new bill moving through the Oregon legislature would give low-income workers a $600 one-time payment.
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Essential workers say they are bearing the brunt of the pandemic again but this time, there is less government support. Economists say jobs in California’s low-wage sectors could take longer to recover.
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When you're struggling to make your monthly rent payment, you're generally not thinking about things like solar water heating. But the California…