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A woman with closed eyes sits in a chair while another woman holds a needle inches away from her right arm.
Nomi Gil braces for her first vaccine shot./Angel Rosas/Pamplin Media Group

Multnomah County Offers $150 For COVID Vaccinations

In an effort to increase vaccination rates in Multnomah County, financial incentives are being offered to people who thus far have been resistant or unsure of how to access the shots.
Aug 2, 2021

Is Corporate Tax Measure a 'Blank Check'? Campaigns Slug it Out

Two sides of a proposed corporate sales tax on the November ballot are clashing over a fundamental tenet of the measure — how the revenue can be spent. Initiative Petition 28 — which is on track to be called Measure 97 on the ballot — would levy a 2.5 percent tax on certain corporations’ Oregon sales exceeding $25 million.
Aug 30, 2016

Washington County Board Says no to Measure 97 in Split Decision

Washington County commissioners, by a 3-2 vote, will formally oppose Measure 97. The Nov. 8 ballot initiative would raise a projected $3 billion annually by raising the corporate minimum tax by 2.5 percent on a business’s Oregon sales of more than $25 million. Oregon Health Forum hosts a debate on this controversial ballot measure on Oct. 5 at the Multnomah Athletic Club. For details, click here.
Aug 30, 2016
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