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 […]

1.Why Home Depot Slide Should Worry Every Investor 2.Why Toys ‘R’ Us Is More Than a Business Story 3.Investors pumped most money ever into stock funds for a single week 4.The Real Target Of Trump’s Steel Tariffs 5.Tesla’s Make-Or-Break Moment Is Fast Approaching 6.This could get ‘very ugly, very fast’ […]

Business Oregon Announces Awards to Six Oregon Startups to Bring Concepts Closer to Market Business Oregon announced an investment of $400,000 to help six Oregon small businesses scale up their bioscience and advanced manufacturing concepts into revenue-generating products. The concepts range from simple low-cost malaria testing kits, to a microwave-absorbing […]

Oregon Economic Forum The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity declined modestly to a still strong 1.43, down from a revised 1.69 the previous month. •The moving average measure, which smooths out the volatility, is 1.34, well above average. (“zero” indicates average growth over the 1990–present period). All sectors covered contributed […]

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 […]