In the first of a series of guest editorials by Oregon lawmakers, state Representative Mike Schaufler offers some suggestions on how to get Oregon’s economy back on track. Schaufler was chairman of the Business and Labor Committee of the House of Representatives in the last session of Legislature. By Oregon […]

Businesses won’t be penalized if they submit withholding payment application by December 31 By Oregon Department of Revenue, SALEM—If you’re one of 60,000 Oregon businesses that recently filed an electronic funds transfer (EFT) application with the Oregon Department of Revenue, not to worry: you won’t be penalized if your application […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, Oregon foreclosures hit double digit drops in November (-13.37). The drop was slightly better than the national average, but for the year Oregon foreclosures were over 30% worse than the national average according to RealtyTrac. Additionally housing prices and housing sales dropped in the Portland […]

By Charles P. “Chuck” Jones, CFP A bill (LC12O6) is going to be presented to the Oregon legislature early in 2011. The Oregon State Bank is the creation of the union-backed group, Oregon Working Families Party working in conjunction with Portland State University. Oregon Working Families leadership is led by […]

Little People Stars Sue Washington County building inspectors By Oregon Tax News Little People, Big World stars Amy and Matt Roloff decided to sue Washington County for $200,000 and legal costs after John Wheeler, a Washington County building services inspector, allegedly trespassed on their Hillsboro farm on July 16, 2010. […]

Oregon Court of Appeals limits comparative fault defense in medical malpractice cases Byby Shemia Fagan, Ater Wynne, Oregon Law Firm, This month, the Oregon Court of Appeals addressed the comparative fault defense in the context of medical malpractice cases in Son v. Ashland Community Healthcare Services.   Sara Burns died while […]

Consider it the biggest Christmas shopping purchase of the season as Google spends $2 billion to purchase a building in New York that takes up an entire block.   The building is an amazing 2.5 million square feet in Manhattan New York.  Thanks to a depressed real estate market the price […]

Senator Ron Wyden Oregon Business Summit Remarks December 13, 2010 When we held the first Oregon Business Summit in 2002, Duncan Wyse and I thought success would be having enough people to fill a couple of booths at a Denny’s. In fact, when an ice storm came out of nowhere […]

Civilian Labor Force Tops Two Million By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.6 percent in November, essentially unchanged from 10.5 percent in October. The rate has been between 10.5 and 10.7 percent for the most recent 13 months. Oregon’s unemployment rate was 10.7 percent in November […]