By National Retail Federation, A small Florida-based retailer who sells both in-store and online told Congress that the Supreme Court ruling in favor of online sales tax collection will end a price disadvantage suffered by local stores without creating an undue burden for internet sellers. “BrandsMart is looking forward to […]

Oregon Employment Department Release, Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in June, which was Oregon’s lowest unemployment rate since comparable records began in 1976. Oregon’s May unemployment rate was 4.1 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate was also 4.0 percent in June.

By Oregon Attorney General, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State seeking to block the Trump Administration’s recent action that will allow downloadable 3D-printed gun tutorials to be available online. The lawsuit asks the court for an immediate nationwide temporary restraining order […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Will Portland’s proposal to outlaw straws be an environmental milestone like Oregon’s historic bottle bill or will it be a public fiasco like the California coffee cancer label which became a national mockery and scientifically rebuffed by the state’s own Environmental Health Office? Critics […]

By Chris Morgan & Johnny Hong Barran Liebman Oregon Employer Law Firm Starting on July 1, a number of key legislative updates take effect. Below are a few key reminders for employers. Transit Tax Starting with the first paycheck given to employees that accounts for wages earned in the month […]

US Chamber Press Release, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President of the Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) Tom Quaadman issued the following statement upon House passage of the “JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018,” commonly known as the JOBS Act 3.0: “The House took an important step […]

By Oregon Employment Department, Each year we summarize the key findings from our job vacancy survey into a report, with specific emphasis on the challenges businesses face filling their job vacancies. In 2017, Oregon businesses reported 60,700 job vacancies at any given time in 2017. Of these vacancies, 38,700 job […]

US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release Monte Robin Kaija, Jr., 47, of Portland, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for detonating a small explosive device at a Fred Meyer store in Southeast Portland, and later possessing a homemade metal pipe bomb. According to court documents, on May 21, […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Tariff proposals and enactments continue to build in recent months. The situation has not risen all the way to a full-blown trade war, or at least not yet.  But we need to call it something. Trade fisticuffs doesn’t quite sound right, so […]

By John A. Charles, Jr. Cascade Policy Institute Metro recently decided to refer a $652.8 million bond measure to the November ballot. If approved by voters, it would authorize Metro to borrow money either to purchase existing housing units or to subsidize the construction of new ones. The loans would […]