By Oregon Employment Department, In August 2021, all but two of Oregon’s 36 counties experienced over-the-month decreases in their unemployment rates. The unemployment rates in Harney and Wallowa counties remained unchanged. Clatsop County saw the largest decrease over the month with a decline of 0.5 percentage point. Lincoln County had […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, The profit earned by people purchasing, fixing up, and flipping homes has dropped to the lowest level in a decade, but they still receive a good profit, according to Attom Data Solutions LLC, a national property database company. The numbers show the difference between the […]

By Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association The ORLA professional team led by Steve Scardina and Terry Hopkins in their regions of the state and supported by Greg Astley, Tom Perrick, and Glenda Hamstreet in our Government Affairs Department are working hard to defeat meals taxes appearing on the November ballot […]

By Paula Barran & Bruce Garrett Barran Liebman, Oregon Law Firm The Oregon Employment Department announced that a new temporary unemployment benefit availability rule will take effect next week. It is intended to clarify eligible requirements for workers who must work around child care responsibilities, and will likely result in […]

By National Federation of Independent Business, The NFIB Research Center released its latest COVID-19 survey on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected small businesses. This is the 19th survey in the series and includes updates on supply chain disruptions, staffing shortages, sales levels, and more. The survey was conducted from […]

US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, A Baker City, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently converting to his own personal use federal money intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The parties stipulated to a two-year prison sentence for Jeremy Clawson, 32. At their […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economci Analysis What you need to know: The allowable rent increase for the 2022 calendar year is 9.9%. See our office’s Rent Stabilization page for more, including a downloadable spreadsheet with all the data. I know some of you may be scratching your heads […]

By Oregon Restaurant Association, Win for Lottery Retailers / Vaccine Mandates / EIDL Updates Win for Lottery Retailers – ORLA’s membership includes a segment that cares deeply about the association’s advocacy for lottery retailer issues. ORLA in partnership with many other stakeholders was able to secure a win with the […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Portland worked hard to nab a location for the NCAA women’s Final Four but lost their bid as it was awarded to Tampa in 2025 and Phoenix in 2026. In Baseball, Las Vegas looks like a winner—and Portland a loser—in the effort to recruit the […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, sent a letter yesterday to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh regarding President Biden’s recent rule that requires all companies with 100 or more employees get their employees vaccinated, tested, or fired. The letter can be […]