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Oregon Education Investment Initiative

by Ashley Bromley, Incoming Executive Director We thank Speaker Kotek and Chairs Nathanson and Barnhart for their work in advancing the Oregon Education Investment Initiative, a plan to invest in education and other critical services through a more just tax structure.   Increased Revenue from a Corporate Activities Tax The plan would generate an estimated $2 billion in additional revenue for the 2017-2019 biennium by replacing the current corporate income tax with a corporate activities tax of 0.95% on all corporations doing more than $5 million in Oregon sales.  Shifting some of the tax burden away from Oregon families will…

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Farewell Message

by Margaret Butler, Outgoing Executive Director Thanks very much! I am retiring this week, and this newsletter is the last I will write for.  I have very much enjoyed my three and a half years at AAUP-Oregon and want to thank everyone I have worked with in building the statewide organization.  It has been great to work with you, and I will miss working side by side with faculty to strategize, build solidarity, create our legislative program, support faculty organizing at private universities, and much more.  You are very lucky to have Ashley stepping in as Executive Director, and I…

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