Oregon
State Government
Governor
Tina Kotek (D)
State Senate
17
Democrats,
12
Republicans
State House
35
Democrats,
25
Republicans
Economic well-being - Oregon
Extreme poverty rate
0.07
Food insecurity
0.142
Minimum wage
15.05
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.274
Poverty rate
11.8%
Unemployment rate
5
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
5.2
Portland State Will Offer Free Tuition to Transfers
Retail and restaurant workers have the worst schedules. Oregon plans to change that.
The New York Times, December 26, 2015: (Editorial) New Minimum Wages in the New Year
The Register-Guard, July 5, 2015: Low-income Lane County children get jump-start on kindergarten with Kids in Transition to School'
"Incoming kindergartners in some Lane County high-poverty schools will get a jump-start on school during the next eight weeks. Young students in the Bethel, Eugene, Springfield, South Lane and Creswell school districts will attend free twice-weekly sessions starting this week to improve their early literacy and social skills with the hope that they will be more likely to succeed in school."
The Gazette-Times, December 13, 2013: Ore. district among highest for student poverty
"Oregon State Board of Education members said Thursday they want to look at phasing in a new way to calculate the number of students living in poverty, because of concerns raised about how it would affect school budgets."
The Statesman Journal, November 20, 2013: Salem-Keizer School District could get more funding with new poverty calculation
"The Salem-Keizer School District could get an extra $4.1 million under a proposed plan to change how state officials calculate the number of students living in poverty."