[5]Associated Oregon Industries [6],
Oregon’s largest business advocate
Published after each regular session, the AOI Oregon Business Report [7]is Oregon’s most comprehensive record of how the legislature dealt with the important issues affecting Oregon’s business community and job creation in the private sector. In the AOI Oregon Business Report [7]you will find:
– Detailed listing of important legislation by issue area including employment law, environment and energy, health care, retail, tax and fiscal policy, transportation, and tort reform;
– Analysis of the session from a business perspective;
– Business/jobs rating for each of the 90 state legislators;
– Ways you can change the next legislature – how it deals with your business;
Download: 2009 AOI Legislative Review Printable PDF [7]
After the Legislature dismissed the AOI-led Alliance of Oregon’s Business Associations’ temporary, broad-based taxation proposal, the AOI Board of Directors voted to take a leading role in rolling back the punitive, excessive and permanent tax increases passed by the Legislature. We believe this tax increase hurts private sector job retention and creation in Oregon; it also further erodes Oregon’s competitive position as an attractive place in which to invest and do business.
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