By Josh Lehner, Oregon Economic Analysis, One forecasting challenge is we do not know what the 11th or 12th year of an economic expansion looks like. We’ve never been here before. Our baseline forecast calls for ongoing, but slowing growth as we run into supply side constraints. However, that is […]

Q&A created by Oregon Transformation Newsletter, Third Century Solutions, Q and A with Cheri Helt, Oregon State Representative, House District 54-Bend According to your website you grew up in a working class family in Michigan in the 1980s. Why did you and your husband Steve choose Bend as home? Steve […]

By Oregon Employment Department, In 2018, the unemployment rate for veterans in Oregon was 4.8 percent, according to the Current Population Survey. Overall, Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in 2018. Across the U.S., veterans had a lower unemployment rate of 3.5 percent. About 296,000 veterans lived in Oregon in […]

Walmart Release, During the annual Veterans Day celebration at its Home Office today, Walmart announced it has hired more than 243,000 veterans nationwide since launching the Veterans Welcome Home Commitment in 2013. The Company also reported more than 39,000 veteran associates have earned promotions since joining the Walmart and Sam’s […]

By National Federation of Independent Business Small businesses across the country are feeling the continued effects of the worker shortage, as it remained their top problem in October. Owners added an average addition of 0.12 workers per firm, generally unchanged from September, according to NFIB’s monthly jobs report. Although job […]

Oregon Employment Department Release, Most of the statewide increase was driven by the large gains in Washington and Multnomah counties. These two counties in the Portland metro area are home to more than 1.4 million Oregonians (about one-third of the state’s population) and more than $51 billion in payroll (slightly […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial, 11/4/19 The Supreme Court has bolstered both state and property rights in recent decades, but on Tuesday it will mediate an ostensible conflict between the two. States argue they can’t be sued for copyright infringement, but sovereign immunity isn’t a constitutional license to steal intellectual property. […]

Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, Top Democrats on the Education and Labor Committee submitted a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia calling on the Department to publish legally required estimates about the full impact of its proposed tip rule on American workers. The proposed rule, published last month, […]

By Anthony K. Smith Oregon NFIB A brand-new tax on companies doing business in Oregon kicks in on January 1, but if you’re looking for guidance from the Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR) about how much you might owe next year, you’ll have to wait a few more months. The […]

By Cascade Policy Institute By now Oregon voters have received their ballots for the November 5 election. One of the items in the Portland region is Measure 26-203: a $475 million bond measure by Metro, the regional government for the Portland area. Adding in interest and other costs, Measure 26-203 […]