By National Federation of Independent Business, The NFIB Research Center released its latest survey on the impact COVID-19 has had on small businesses, the 13th survey since early March. If eligible, about 75% of small businesses reported they would apply or consider applying for a second Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) […]

By Amy Angel & Daniel Walker Barran Liebman Oregon law firm CDC Revises Definition of “Close Contact” for COVID-19 Exposure Since the early days of the pandemic, employers have relied on the CDC’s definition of “close contact” to inform workplace COVID-19 exposure protocol. That definition has now changed. The CDC’s […]

By Employment Department of Oregon Each quarter, the Oregon Employment Department surveys private employers from all industries and areas of the state to ask about the job vacancies they are actively trying to fill. Oregon businesses reported 46,300 vacancies in summer 2020. Total job openings increased from the level in […]

Billy J. Williams Oregon District US Attorney, Press Release A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced to federal prison for stealing mobile phones out of packages at the Portland postal sorting facility, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams. Rico Alvarez, 24, was sentenced to one year and one day […]

By John Jackson Originally featured in the Oregon Transformation Newsletter. I am not sure if Mayor Wheeler is sleeping while his apartment is burning. I ask myself as I look around the disaster of a city that used to be Portland: Is the mayor leading under the influence of political […]

By National Federation of Independent Business, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, announced that it will consider a vote to advance the Continuing the Paycheck Protection Program Act, offered by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Susan Collins, an NFIB Key Vote for […]

By Cascade Policy Institute Thousands of Oregon residents received a multi-color postcard from Metro urging them to vote on the regional government’s payroll tax, Measure 26-218 (Exhibit 1). The expensive mailing was sent far and wide, with even some Bend residents finding Metro’s postcard dropped in their mailboxes. The postcards […]

By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.0 percent in September from 8.5 percent, as revised, in August. For the past few months, Oregon’s unemployment rate has closely tracked the national unemployment rate which fell to 7.9 percent in September from 8.4 percent in August. Oregon’s total nonfarm […]

By Jeff Reading A new report from accounting firm Moss Adams reveals critical new information about Measure 26-218, the proposed tax on employers and non-profits appearing on the November ballot. The report, released yesterday, reveals that the measure will tax not only wages, but will include employee benefits such as […]

By Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced a $5.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. for deceptive marketing of transvaginal surgical mesh devices. The settlement is the result of an investigation finding that the companies violated state consumer protection laws by misrepresenting […]