Oregon’s Nonfarm Payroll Employment Rises by 1,500 Jobs in August By Oregon Employment Department, Press Release, In August, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment gained 1,500 jobs, following a revised increase of 6,800 jobs in July. August’s gains were largest in private educational services (+2,000 jobs) and health care and […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Although Portland needs many new apartments and condominiums to fill needs, an ECONorthwest forecast shows that construction of new multifamily units in the city has dropped to the lowest level in 15 years. The city is expected to receive 500 new multifamily permits this […]

By U.S. Attorney, Oregon office Press Release, PORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison yesterday for breaking into a local pawn shop and stealing forty-seven firearms from the federal firearm licensee. Kory Dean Boyd, 39, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. […]

By National Retail Federation, WASHINGTON – The National Retail Federation welcomed a lawsuit announced by the Department of Justice accusing Visa of violating federal antitrust law in its debit card practices but said the card network’s anticompetitive practices go further. “Visa has blocked competition over both credit cards and debit […]

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Urge Social Media and Encrypted Messages Companies to Increase Resources Toward Combating 2024 U.S. Election Disinformation By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues in calling on 11 of the largest […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, The Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) recent decision to intervene in the Kroger-Albertsons merger is both misguided and emblematic of broader government overreach, ultimately failing to serve the people of Oregon. As the first Asian American chairman of the Oregon Republican Party and an entrepreneur who […]

By NFIB, Jeff Brabant, NFIB Vice President of Federal Government Relations, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance at a hearing titled, “The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies.” Brabant spoke on the importance of making the 20% Small Business Deduction permanent and shared new data detailing the critical impact […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, While many Oregon brands have been disappearing, one brand is making a comeback.  Longtime Port of Portland Commissioner Sensei Junki Yoshida, who sold his company, Yoshida Foods, to Heinz in 2000, has purchased it back to help the brand regain its fame from the […]

9/16/24: Washington L&I Releases Draft Rules on Amendment to Equal Pay and Opportunities Act September 16, 2024 By Nicole Elgin & Hannah LaChance Barran Liebman LLP, The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) published a draft of its administrative rules on Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) […]

By Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Sept. 12, 2024 Salem – In 2025, Oregon employers, on average, will pay less for workers’ compensation coverage, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced today. The decline in costs marks 12 years of average decreases in the pure […]