Josh Lehner Oregon Economic Analysis Oregon’s income gains this expansion are among the best in the nation, as our office has highlighted in recent years. The state’s median household income now matches the U.S. for the first time since the mills started closing in the 1980s. The single largest factor […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, The Service Employees International Union 49 has added 800 employees to its membership rolls after a vote by Providence Portland Medical Center workers in December—a tally counted and recounted over two months and decided by one vote. The initial vote showed SEIU 49, one of […]

By Oregon Business and Industry Statement by Oregon Business & Industry on the PERS ballot measures filed: These initiatives are an important step forward in the statewide conversation on how we should finally address the pressing PERS problem, which has been draining the budgets of school districts, local government and […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce honored 263 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 55 members of the U.S. Senate with its annual Spirit of Enterprise Award, given in recognition of their support for pro-growth policies in the second session of the 115th Congress.

Oregon Attorney General Office Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum released the Oregon Department of Justice’s annual list of Top Ten Consumer Complaints. In 2018, the Attorney General’s Consumer Hotline received 38,000 phone calls, which resulted in more than 7,000 written complaints, running the gamut from telecommunications to medical services and […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, Yes, it could happen—more Oregonians may have the option to pump their own gas if lawmakers approve a bill introduced in the House. Oregon and New Jersey are the only two states that prohibit self-service gas stations—although smaller cities in Oregon (with populations of less […]

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden Release, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden joined colleagues from both parties to request a federal investigation into the use and abuse of non-compete agreements, saying their widening use in recent years raises serious concerns about their increasing toll on workers and the economy. “We are concerned that […]

National Retail Federation, The National Retail Federation and the California Retailers Association asked state officials to preserve popular customer loyalty programs, protect businesses from potentially ruinous financial penalties and address other provisions of a new privacy law set to take effect next year that could interfere with consumers’ expectations for […]

By NFIB, NFIB, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement on behalf of President and CEO Juanita D. Duggan regarding the White House Council of Economic Advisers’ report that called for making provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs act permanent, including the Small Business Deduction […]

NFIB Oregon, NFIB, the nation’s leading small-business association, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Juliana v. United States—urging dismissal of this controversial lawsuit, which seeks to compel the federal government to more aggressively address climate change. The brief was filed in conjunction with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and other concerned […]