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 […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Google, released a new study today on the economic impact of U.S. small business exports. The study examines the current economic contributions of small business exporters, common obstacles small businesses face when exporting, and the role technology can […]

By Oregon Employment Department, According to the 2013-2017 five-year ACS estimates (the most current available), Oregon had roughly 2.1 million people between the ages of 25 and 64. Of them, 236,000 were of Hispanic or Latino origin, while the state’s non-Hispanic population in the same prime working age range totaled […]

Oregon Attorney General Office, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit against the Vancouver, Washington company U.S. Air Ducts, its owners and their associated companies for violating Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act (UTPA) by using deceptive marketing practices to make over 11 million unwanted robocalls to Oregon phone numbers and […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial, Amazon prides itself on progressive values, but it has discovered that it’s tough to do business under Seattle’s progressive government. The company is now spending big to elect a more business-friendly City Council on Nov. 5 in a test of whether the left or the far […]