US Attorney, Oregon District Kermit Tyler Poulson, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting threatening communications with the intent to extort Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. According to court documents, on October 9, 2018, Poulson posted multiple threatening comments on Mayor Wheeler’s personal Instagram account. Poulson threatened to firebomb the […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 748, the “Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019.” The Chamber issued a key vote in support of passage of the […]

Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, Representative Greg Walden released a statement following his recent trip to the southern border. Over the weekend, Walden went to Carrizo Springs, Texas and Yuma, Arizona to tour key border sites including facilities operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and an Office of Refugee Resettlement […]

Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio Statement, The Chairs of four House Committees and Subcommittees issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) that it has opened a new investigation into the Trump Administration’s abrupt decision to abandon the long-planned project to […]

By Cascade Policy Institute, Portland politicians claim to be concerned about carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. That’s why so many of them support TriMet’s proposed 12-mile light rail line from Portland to Bridgeport Village near Tigard. They think it will reduce fossil fuel use. Their assumptions are wrong. According […]

By Bob Cumbow Miller, Nash, Ghaham & Dunn LLP NW law firm The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the U.S. Trademark Act’s section 2(a) provision precluding registration of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The ruling came in the case of Iancu v. […]

By Oregon District Attorney’s Office, Osasuyi Kenneth Idumwonyi, 58, of Houston, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for illegally distributing opioids. According to court documents, in January 2015, Idumwonyi along with codefendant and former nurse practitioner Julie Ann DeMille opened the Fusion Wellness […]

Josh Lehner Oregon Economic Analysis Office The beer industry’s slowdown and rising number of closures continues to draw attention. Both Andre Meunier in The Oregonian and Jason Notte in Portland Monthly have really good, local articles in recent weeks. In talking with them and getting updated OLCC data, I have […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde plans to purchase about 40 acres of riverfront property near Willamette Falls at Oregon City. The Grand Ronde, which operate Oregon’s largest casino, Spirit Mountain, says it has no plans to build a casino on the Oregon City property, […]

By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Cascade Policy Institute “Let ’em leave. Someone else’ll come in.” That was Oregon state senator James Manning’s response when told that new business taxes will cause some firms to leave the state. Unfortunately, the senator is not alone with the let-them-leave attitude. That seems to be […]