by Mark Hester Associated Oregon Industries After almost a year of deliberations that included a statewide tour for public meetings and dozens of committee and subcommittee meetings, the Joint Committee on Transportation Preservation and Modernization this week unveiled a draft transportation plan. There is no question that Oregon needs to […]

    Reasons for Unemployment in Oregon Oregon Workforce and Economic Information There are four major categories of the unemployed, based on a reason for unemployment:

  Agriculture’s Impact on Rural Employment Oregon Workforce and Economic Information The Employment Department has released a new special report: The Employment Landscape of Rural Oregon. This is the third in a series of posts about several key takeaway points from the report.

States at Full Employment, A Prime-Age EPOP Story Oregon Office OF Economic Analysis By Josh Lehner The key economic question economists are trying to answer today is whether or not the U.S. economy is at full employment. Given it is more a concept then a hard calculation, you look for […]

  Retailers: ‘A Lot of Work Ahead’ For Health Care Reform by Treacy Reynolds, NFR The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Vice President for health care policy Neil Trautwein, following the Congressional Budget Office’s release of its latest score for the American Health Care Act. The score measures […]

  Repeal of 2013 cut, return of gross receipts tax idea have Main Street on edge NFIB Oregon A draft plan made public today by the Oregon State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Tax Reform has small businesses on edge over two provisions, according to their largest representative association.

Twenty-Three Counties Had Low Historic Unemployment Rates in April via Oregon Workforce and Economic Information Twenty-three counties were at or tied with their historic low unemployment rates. Benton County had Oregon’s lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April at 2.8 percent. Grant County (6.9%) registered the highest rate for the […]

Stronger Privacy Protections Pass out of Oregon Legislature   Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum praised the Oregon legislature for passing legislation (HB 2090) that will update Oregon’s consumer law to hold companies accountable for their online privacy policies. Sen. Chuck Riley carried the bill in the Senate, and Reps. Jennifer […]

Overtaxed and Underbuilt Oregon Cascade Policy Institute by John Charles, Jr. An Oregon Legislative committee is proposing a massive series of tax increases to pay for various transportation projects. The proposal calls for higher taxes on vehicle registration, increased gas taxes, a new sales tax on motor vehicle purchases, a […]

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) tells House Ways and Means Chairman the time is now for comprehensive tax reform by Jack Mozloom The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) told House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today that small business owners expect comprehensive tax reform this […]