By Oregon Small Business Association, Restaurants Unlimited, a Seattle based company operating 35 upscale and casual restaurants in six states, is one of the latest casualties of recent hikes in the minimum wage. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July. In bankruptcy documents, chief restructuring officer David […]

By NFIB, The United States House of Representatives passed a bill  that would put America’s small business owners’ personally identifiable information at unprecedented risk and cost them billions of dollars and millions of hours in paperwork. The Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (H.R. 2513), which passed the House 249-173 attempts […]

By Bob Clark, Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation Back in the year 2012, world oil prices are still at a peak and California is preparing to launch in 2013 its Cap and Trade Program to reduce CO2 emissions. Not to fall behind California, Oregon state politicians earlier this year (2019) […]

By Oregon Employment Department, In September, Oregon’s total nonfarm payroll employment added 200 jobs, following a loss of 900 jobs in August. Job gains have cooled recently, averaging only 100 per month over the past five months. This flat economic trend is in contrast to gains that averaged 3,000 jobs […]

US Senator Ron Wyden, America still imports nearly a million barrels a day, while we send 3 million barrels a day overseas Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), have reintroduced legislation to reinstate the ban on sending American crude oil abroad. “The math simply […]

By NFIB, The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, which, if it passes, would prove costly for small business owners. The legislation, also known as H.R. 2513, would require businesses with 20 or fewer employees to file forms that record the […]

By Oregon District Attorney, A coordinated, multi-agency law enforcement operation was conducted today to dismantle a vast international drug trafficking organization that conspired to distribute methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine manufactured in Mexico throughout the Portland Metropolitan Area, announced Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon. Federal search […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, Pot-smoking adults are contributing to the education of Oregon students thanks to a 17 percent state tax on the sale of cannabis. Tax revenue collected on cannabis set a record in July, bringing in $11.8 million, and according to the Portland Business Journal, Oregon schools […]

By Josh Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis The Census Bureau released the 2018 American Community Survey data. There is a ton to unpack here and even more once the microdata is released later this year. In the coming months our office will update and share some of this work. […]

By Helen Cook Cascade Policy Institute Oregon has a booming craft distilling industry. That’s why it’s so surprising that one popular distiller is calling it quits. Mike Selberg, owner of Cannon Beach Distillery, announced in June that he was forced to close up shop. This is largely because of Oregon’s […]