Steve Ferree, Chair of Small Business Advisory Council to the City of Portland I am a small business owner with 34 employees. For 14 years, I have operated a service business. The notion of a state retirement fund for the private sector is of great concern to me. I have […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog The BEA released new personal income data at the state level, along with annual revisions. Overall, it brings more good news for the Oregon economy but also fits in on both sides of those two economic narratives. In aggregate, Oregon has […]

By Economist Dr. Eric Fruits, Econinternational Every summer, Portland hosts MusicFest NW which is, believe it or not a big music festival. This year the festival got bigger and the MBAs took over. They decided that the best way to extract dollars from concert goers was to forbid food vendors […]

By The Oregon Prosperity Project Which Oregonians are Impacted by Increases in the Minimum Wage? Just last January, Oregon’s minimum wage rose to $9.10 an hour, and that might just be the beginning. So what’s that mean to you? After all, you don’t work for minimum wage. Well, maybe it […]

Forbes’ List of the World’s Billionaires By Oregon Small Business Association A total of 5 NW billionaires make the top 50 list thanks to mostly high tech with Oregon’s, Phil Knight, hanging strongly at position #35. NW * # 1 Bill Gates, $80.9 Billion, Microsoft, Washington # 2 Carlos Slim […]

Portland-based Evergreen Helicopters loses bid to dismiss lawsuit By Oregon Small Business Association Portland-based Evergreen Helicopters has lost its bid to have a lawsuit filed against them dismissed. The suit was filed in Multnomah County by the survivors of eight Peruvians who were killed in a helicopter crash in 2008. […]

From Third Century Solutions, A documentary film, “Beyond the Oregon Myth, Kevin and Georgie Investigate,” was released today by Third Century Solutions, LLC. The movie shows that Oregon’s long economic decline did not happen by chance, but rather is the result of longstanding policies that continue to be supported by […]