Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis  As our office documented a year ago, housing affordability truly is a statewide challenge. It is a major concern in our fast-growing urban areas, and throughout rural Oregon as well. In fact, rural Oregonian incomes are on par with rural American incomes, however […]

Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation The State recently gained an ally in President Trump, who cited Oregon’s per mile charge as an innovative way to achieve revenues needed to realize his plans for updating and improving the country’s infrastructure. Trump’s plan seeks to mix federal funding with State and local […]

Top business news stories in the nation ending the week of March 9, 2018 1. Tax Reform Ends Need for Credit Union Favoritism 2. Mortgage Rates 4-Year High Threaten to Roil Housing 3. The perfect jobs report for the stock market 4. The retail resurgence this year is deceptive, warns […]

Oregon Attorney General  In honor of National Consumer Protection week (March 4—10, 2018), Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today released the annual Oregon Department of Justice’s 2017 Top Ten Consumer Complaints list. For the first time, a new category of consumer complaints “Travel Accommodations” made the list. This new category […]

By NFIB, The following comment was issued by Anthony Smith, Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, following the vote on Senate Bill 1528, which increased taxes on small business by more than $1 billion over six years. “Oregon doesn’t need this bill to balance its budget. […]

Oregon Workforce and Economic Information In the United States, 72 percent of workers have access to paid sick leave through their employers. A slightly higher share has access to paid vacation (74%) and paid holidays (76%). This access varies between the public and private sectors. In private industry, about two-thirds […]

Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Since our office released the March 2018 economic and revenue forecast, we’ve been involved in numerous discussions about how exactly the forecast has evolved in recent months. In particular, how did the forecast go from seeing a hit to near-term revenues due to the impacts […]

Cascade Employers Blog This January, The Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) announced it is making changes to the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification exams beginning August 1, 2018.

By Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation, Housing is the single biggest factor driving the cost-of-living. Recent research finds Portland, Oregon is one of the most “severely unaffordable” major housing markets in the world — ranking 67th. Because of the high cost of housing, Oregon has the fifth highest cost-of-living in […]

National Federation of Independent Businesses  “Oregon was a pioneer in recognizing the importance of providing tax relief to small businesses when it created the Small Business Tax Cut as part of the ‘Grand Bargain’ in 2013 – a similar policy to the new federal policy. However, the Oregon policy is […]