Oregon’s Population Outlook by Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis When the latest population estimates for Oregon came out, I promised you an updated on our office’s forecast when it was available. Since then, Kanhaiya, the state demographer in our office, has updated the population forecast and we did […]

City Club of Portland, Friday Forum, January 5th, 2018 Measure 101: More taxes for healthcare? In January, Oregon will determine whether to implement new taxes on both healthcare providers and insurance companies to fund our expanded Medicaid program. The legislature passed these taxes in a highly partisan and controversial vote. […]

Small Business Hiring Plans Reach All-Time High in November National Federation of Independent Businesses With tax reform in view, small business owners make plans to add workers, according to NFIB Jobs Report Small business job creation plans reached an all-time high in November, shattering the previous record for the National […]

Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast, December 2017 Oregon Office of Economic Analysis The primary risk facing the near-term revenue forecast is the potential for tax legislation at the federal level. From a broader economic perspective, the most significant local impact of federal tax changes will be what happens to the […]

DeFazio Applauds House Passage of Legislation to Spur Economic Development and Job Creation in Oregon Communities Congressman Peter DeFazio Reps. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and Greg Walden (OR-02) applaud the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) final 4-0 vote confirming that the U.S. hardwood plywood industry has been, or is threatened to […]

Business Oregon Releases New Five Year Strategic Plan Business Oregon Business Oregon released a strategic plan that maps out priorities, strategies, and actions for the state of Oregon’s economic development agency over the next five years.

Oregon lawmakers applaud TSA decision to maintain security infrastructure as Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport recruits new carrier Congressman Greg Walden Maintaining security equipment will ease logistical burdens, help airport’s recruitment efforts Rep. Greg Walden, along with Rep. Peter DeFazio and Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, applauded the decision by […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial Seattle’s City Council openly ignored the state of Washington’s law and constitution when it voted unanimously in July to levy a 2.25% tax on its wealthy residents. The Freedom Foundation, a local think tank, and other organizations sued to block the ordinance. In pleasant news that […]

Consumers And Retailers Win Big Over Thanksgiving Holiday Nation Retail Federation From Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, more than 174 million Americans shopped in stores and online during the just-concluded holiday weekend, beating the 164 million estimated shoppers from an earlier survey by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights […]

Tolling People on to Portland’s Highways Cascade Policy Institute By John A. Charles, Jr. Earlier this year the state legislature passed a bill requiring the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) to apply for federal authorization to implement “value pricing” on two regional highways: I-205, and I-5 from the Washington border to […]