By AGC, NFIB, NWUCA. SALEM, Ore – March 24, 2025 – Contractors challenging Governor Tina Kotek’s executive order mandating union-only project labor agreements on state construction projects scored a major victory in court today.  Marion County Circuit Court Judge Thomas M Hart placed an injunction on Kotek’s order, preventing the […]

By Nicole Elgin and Lex Shvartsmann By Barran Liebman Law, On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” This EO rescinded several prior EOs and other Memoranda and Determinations, including EO 14026 (increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors) […]

Amazon v. NLRB concerns mandatory workplace meetings that discuss unionization By NFIB, WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2025) – NFIB joined an amicus brief in the case Amazon.com Services, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The case concerns the National Labor […]

By U.S. Attorney, Oregon District PORTLAND, Ore.— Jian Zhao and Li Tian, active-duty U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, along with Ruoyu Duan, a former U.S. Army soldier, were arrested today following indictments by federal grand juries in the District of Oregon and the Western District of Washington. […]

By Oregon Business & Industry, What happened: On March 17, Senior Policy Director Duke Shepard testified before the Senate Committee on Housing and Development in support of SB 6, an anticipated amendment to which would establish a 45-day deadline for officials to issue or deny housing-permit applications. Why it’s necessary: […]

By Nicole Elgin and Lex Shvartsmann Barran Liebman, 3/13/25 — On March 6, 2025, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the D.C. District Court issued an opinion that President Trump’s termination of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox was unlawful. The decision reinstates Wilcox to the Board and restores […]

By Oregon Business & Industry, What happened: On March 11, OBI Senior Policy Director Sharla Moffett testified before the House Committee on Climate, Energy and Environment in opposition to HB 3477, which would reset Oregon’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. Bill details: HB 3477 would establish a goal to reduce emissions […]

Bills benefiting the lawyer class over the working class only increase economic uncertainty By Oregon NFIB, SALEM, Ore., March 11, 2025—Although release today of the latest Small Business Optimism Index by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) showed a fourth consecutive month above the Index’s 51-year average of 98, […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Nearly three dozen taprooms, brewpubs, and craft breweries shuttered their doors in 2024, making it what the Oregon Beverage Alliance called the “Hardest Year for Oregon Craft Brewers,” according to a KPTV report. Since the pandemic, Oregon has seen 75 such businesses close, nearly […]

Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Secure Fair Pay for Truckers Working Overtime By Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Washington D.C.— U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues to introduce bipartisan legislation that would ensure truckers are compensated fairly for the hours that they are on the […]