By NFIB, Small businesses deserve healthcare that’s affordable, flexible, and predictable. Congress has taken a first step. Health reform is in the spotlight this week with the introduction of the American Health Care Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congress is expected to vote on the bill next week, […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog On the heels of the recent post on diversity and Middle Eastern ancestry, our office wanted to get a better understanding of the foreign-born population here in Oregon. So we asked Kanhaiya in our office, and Charles Rynerson, demographer at Portland […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm Daily and Weekly Overtime in Oregon Changes Again for Workers in Mills, Factories, and Manufacturing Establishments By Amy Angel and Nicole Elgin In good news for employers, on March 9, 2017, in Mazahua Reyes v. Portland Specialty Baking, LLC, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Kathleen Dailey […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate Supporting Oregon Trade in an Uncertain Environment Oregon ranks high on lists of trade-dependent states. For most of the past three decades that has been a good thing, as global trade has been a driver of economic growth. But with the Trump Administration […]

by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Ferguson Wellman, A leading Oregon financial firm March 10th — Investors recognized the 8-year anniversary of a bull market that is now second only in length to the tech-fueled run of the 1990s. In March, blue chip stocks have consolidated a […]

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Cattlemen, Public Lands Council Hail Senate Passage of Resolution Rolling Back BLM Rule: “Strike Two for 2.0” The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today hailed Senate passage of the resolution to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Planning 2.0 Rule. […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President of Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits Randy Johnson issued the following statement regarding Senate passage of H. J. Res 37, a Congressional Review Act resolution disapproving of the Federal Acquisition Regulations that implement President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe […]

University of Oregon Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon Statewide Economic Indicators: The Oregon economy maintained solid momentum as it entered 2017. Highlights of this month’s report include: – The three-month moving average, which smooths month-to-month volatility in the measure, was 0.72 (“zero” indicates […]

Congressman Greg Walden Wall Street Journal Editorial ‘ObamaCare is collapsing,” President Trump said during his address to Congress last week, “and we must act decisively to protect all Americans.” House Republicans have heard the president’s message loud and clear. On Monday night the congressional committees we lead released the American […]

Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader, Press Release, Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-5) released the following statement in response to the announcement this week that the Port of Portland has terminated its contract with ICTSI after nearly a year of stalled shipping in Terminal 6 over a labor dispute. “This could be a […]