By Oregon Business & Industry, Revenue Forecast Shows $99 million increase in available revenue. The February 16 revenue forecast came in better than expected, allowing Legislators to breathe a sigh of relief. There would be no imminent budget threat to solve during the Short Session. Projected 2017-19 net General Fund […]

By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in January and February. For 14 consecutive months, Oregon’s unemployment rate has been close to 4.1 percent, its lowest level since comparable records began in 1976. The U.S. unemployment rate was also 4.1 percent in both January and February. In […]

By Oregon Small Business Association The top executive at Nike Inc. has offered company employees use of a “Matter of Respect” hotline and an email address to report inappropriate conduct in the wake of misconduct complaints. In an internal memo, CEO and Chairman Mark Parker said the company has received […]

By Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, One difference between President Trump and the European Union is that Mr. Trump makes mistakes on his own and off the cuff, while Brussels makes mistakes by committee after careful study. So while European mandarins are kvetching about the trade war Mr. Trump risks […]

By Cascade Employers Association Paid time off is one of the most important ‘checklist items’ when looking for a job. One of the first questions people will ask their friends when they start a new job is, “How much PTO do you get each year?”  There are many reasons why […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Pew announced they were changing their generational definitions to distinguish between where Millennials end and Post-Millennials begin, that name is still a work in progress. Specifically, Pew now defines Millennials as those born between 1981 and 1996, which makes them the same […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, Washington, D.C. – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Facebook to detail the extent of misuse of its users’ private information, in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent today. His letter follows reporting by the New York Times and Facebook’s own admission that about […]

Oregon Prosperity Project, The Coalition for Healthy Kids and Education, a PAC organized to support a tax of 1.5 cents to each ounce of soda in Multnomah County announced in February the coalition would not put the tax on the November ballot. This delay follows an announcement in November of […]

Congressman Peter Defazio Press Release, Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) applauded the decision by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to award a $300,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to mAbDx Inc., a Eugene-based immunodiagnostics company.The company, a University of Oregon spin-off, was founded in 2011 by former UO researcher […]

Gov. Brown Should Veto Mom & Pop Tax Hike State Representative Knute Buehler Press Release, It’s a common refrain among politicians from both political parties that they all support small business with a recognition that it’s the “back-bone” of Oregon’s economy. Unfortunately, too often this rhetoric isn’t matched with policy […]