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Oregon adds jobs, but unemployment rate remains steady

SALEM — Another month, another round of job gains, but an unchanged statewide unemployment rate. The Oregon Employment…

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Bigger Social Security checks are a big deal in some small Oregon towns

SALEM — Retirees collecting Social Security got their biggest raise in four decades at the start of the…

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Oregon has second highest rate of workplace accidents, study finds

SALEM — Employees in Oregon are high-risk for workplace injury, especially nurses, health care workers and heavy truck…

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Where did millions of workers go after the pandemic?

WASHINGTON — Millions of workers are still missing from the U.S. labor force three years after COVID-19 surfaced,…

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Ask Liz: Details on inherited property capital gains taxes can be tricky

Dear Liz: You recently advised the heir to a triplex that they’d have to pay capital gains tax…

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Prairie Creek opens in time for tax season

ENTERPRISE — Just in time for tax season, Michelle Glenn has opened the doors to a new tax…

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Proposal would ease Oregon limits on teens using power-driven equipment

By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI • Capital Press SALEM — Oregon lawmakers may take a page from the farm industry…

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Harney Basin groundwater restrictions considered, but are years away

BURNS — Oregon water regulators are considering whether to impose new restrictions on groundwater pumping in the Harney…

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Layin’ it on the line: What exactly is a beneficiary?

When an individual purchases an annuity, they name one or more beneficiaries who will receive the benefits if…

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Wallowa County contractor switches from weeds to ‘flippers’

ENTERPRISE — A Wallowa County man has transformed what had been a weed-spraying business into one that does…

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