By Oregon Small Business Association, Winemakers, brewmasters and the manufacturers of liquors who planned to debut new labels for national release in 2019 are finding those plans thwarted by the federal government shutdown. That’s because they can’t obtain the necessary federal approval for their new concoctions from the Alcohol and […]

10 of the Legislature’s biggest business with a tax bite By Oregon Small Business Association, More than two dozen bills have been introduced in the Oregon Legislature to raise taxes on businesses. Here are some of the worst ones 1. A 60% business property tax hike: Taxing business property at […]

By Jason W. Douthit Bullard Law, Oregon law firm In September, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed three bills collectively called Tax Reform 2.0 (referring to a sequel to the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act which was signed into law in late 2017). One of the bills, HR 6757 (Family […]

US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release Statement. A one-count indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging Kermit Tyler Poulson, 39, with transmitting threatening communications with the intent to extort Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. “Using social media to extort or threaten violence against any citizen is a crime. This conduct […]

Ferguson Wellman Oregon based Capitol Management Firm The Internal Revenue Service recently announced the annual inflation adjustments for a number of tax provisions for 2019. These went into effect January 1, 2019 and are not intended to be used for 2018 tax returns. We fully recognize that most of our […]

Josh Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis A couple years ago we examined Oregon’s diversity and the fact that Oregon’s foreign-born population is fairly similar to, albeit smaller than the U.S. as a whole. Now, Oregon does have a somewhat larger Mexican-born population, but many such residents moved to the […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, Many of the new taxes unveiled this month involve taxing tourists. This is important because Oregon just doubled the hotel and lodging tax back in 2016 and now lawmakers are eyeing the tourists that visit those hotels. Senate Bill 28 would tax tourists in many […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, A Portland Trail Blazers guard became the latest professional athlete to invest in a sports startup when Evan Turner committed money to help ISlide in the manufacturing and sale of customized slide sandals. ISlide, a company formed in 2013 by former Reebok Basketball head Justin […]

By Cascade Policy Institute, So-called smart growth policies are advocated as a means of avoiding sprawl. These policies have at their heart a policy of reducing the availability of land for housing in urban areas. In Oregon and some other states, anti-sprawl policy is implemented by regulations that impose urban […]

US Congressman, Oregon, Peter DeFazio Shutdown impacts over 41,000 active duty Coast Guard members performing missions and protecting the coastal borders Oregon lawmakers applauded legislation introduced by Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) that would provide funding for the Coast Guard and ensure that […]