Policy for the People
By Oregon Center for Public Policy
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Welcome to Policy for the People, a show that explores the public policies that can lift up all Oregonians. This show is a collaboration between KMUZ radio (kmuz.org) and the Oregon Center for Public Policy (ocpp.org).
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Workers Across Oregon Are Demanding Unions
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May 14, 2026 |
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The Myth of Oregon's "Bad Business Climate"
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Tobias Read on How Oregon Is Resisting Trump’s Voting Crackdown
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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“We’ve Been Very Foolish”: Inside Oregon’s Data Center Boom
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Oregon Child Care Crisis: How ERDC Running Out of Funds Could Hurt 12,000 Families
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Underpaid, Overworked, and Essential: Oregon’s Long-Term Care Crisis
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Income Inequality in Oregon: What Does the Latest Data Show?
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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How Trump Is Hiding Hunger and Why Poverty Persists
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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How big corporations hide their profits — and how to stop it
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Behind the Wheel: Drivers Union OR’s Fight for Better Pay & Rights
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Progress undone? Big federal bill threatens Oregon’s healthcare gains
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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A disaster for struggling families
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Another harm from the monstrous U.S. House reconciliation bill: less state revenue
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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“This is a terrible bill”: Rep. Salinas discusses House tax and budget package
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May 30, 2025 |
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Already alarming, hunger in Oregon is set to worsen due to Trump administration actions
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May 08, 2025 |
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May Day special: the state of the labor movement
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May 01, 2025 |
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Senator Wyden on the Trump tax plan: “It’s going to cause a lot of hardship”
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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How to improve pay and working conditions in entire industries in one fell swoop
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Two things that are making tax filing easy and free for Oregonians
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Age discrimination in the workplace is a big problem Oregon needs to deal with
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Guaranteed income is an idea whose time has come
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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The crisis facing the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Measure 116 would change who sets salaries for state elected officials
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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No taxes on tips is a bad idea. And where does tipping come from anyway?
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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What Measure 118 gets right and what it doesn't
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Rewind: Tax extreme wealth to save our democracy
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Parts of the massive Trump tax cuts are expiring, providing an opportunity to change course
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Direct File is a big step toward simple and free tax filing
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Immigrants play a big role in Oregon’s economy + labor activity surges
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May 09, 2024 |
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Tax Day focus: record-breaking kicker + the need for a well-funded IRS
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Unfair debt collection practices and child care funding in the legislative spotlight
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Oregon taxes and low-income families: good and bad news
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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New federal government shutdown threat raises question: what kind of nation do we want?
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Food Bank sees worst levels of hunger in decades
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Inequality is killing us. Literally.
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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What's behind the massive jump in child poverty?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Federal government shutdown: Explained
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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On strike! Hope and challenges for the labor movement
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Tax extreme wealth to save our democracy
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Is it time for a new minimum wage fight in Oregon?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Pride and poverty: economic insecurity in the LGBT community
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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What's at stake for Oregonians in the debt ceiling negotiations
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May 24, 2023 |
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Tax policy fuels extreme wealth inequality: two examples
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May 11, 2023 |
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Food for All Oregonians: a key step to ending hunger in Oregon
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Invisible no more: the essential work of care workers
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Families need the Oregon Kids' Credit
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Subsidies for semiconductors: the risks for Oregonians
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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A blueprint for Universal Health Care in Oregon
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Wyden: The Child Tax Credit is Social Security for kids
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Trans data matters: the importance of the U.S. Transgender Survey
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Our labor, their fortunes: Billionaires capture Oregon's wealth
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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How Measure 113 aims to end legislative walkouts
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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A re-energized labor movement sparks hope
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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One big corporation keeps us from having a free, simple tax filing system
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Reproductive justice is economic justice
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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The rich don't need more money: why we need to reform the "kicker"
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Oregon's biggest housing program is a wreck
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May 12, 2022 |
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Cash works: why Oregon needs guaranteed income
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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What the tax code means for gender justice
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Oregon's child care crisis
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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How deportation harms families and the state's economy
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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The Racist Roots of Oregon's Tax System
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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How the superrich exploit domestic tax havens
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Why we need Build Back Better
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Poor quality jobs abound
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Income inequality remains the defining challenge of our times
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Undocumented workers: essential yet excluded
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Latest revenue forecast says the "kicker" is coming
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Rental assistance: a key to stabilizing families
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May 15, 2021 |
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The American Rescue Plan Act
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Tax policy through a racial equity lens
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Wage theft is widespread
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Feb 13, 2021 |