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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 07 > What the state Legislature is doing to boost employment

What the state Legislature is doing to boost employment

By Rep. Judy Stiegler / The Bulletin
April 7, 2009

My top priority this session is to help create and save jobs in Central Oregon. While Oregon as a whole faces an unemployment rate of 10.8 percent, Deschutes County fares much worse. In some areas around Bend, the unemployment rate exceeds 16 percent. That number is staggering. My work in the....

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