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 […]

Connecting With Remote Employees by JENNA REED Great Work! In a world where it seems like we’re always “connected” why do employers have so much trouble connecting with remote employees? Rather than focus on the reasons it happens, let’s talk about what we can do about it.

Six Local Transit Payroll Taxes: Not Just For Businesses Residing in Those Districts by Diane MCBride Great Work! In the many years of working in the payroll field in the Salem area, there is one comment I hear from a lot of companies: they didn’t realize they may be subject […]

Thanksgiving, Traffic, and your Nephew Three thoughts as Thanksgiving nears. by Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis First, many of us will be stuck in traffic as we head to meet our family and friends. AAA of Oregon/Idaho estimates it will be the worst traffic since 2005. Most of […]

Made in Oregon: A Brief Profile of the State’s Manufacturing Sector Oregon Workforce and Economic Information  Oregon’s manufacturing sector is growing more quickly than the nation’s. Since its lowest employment level in February and March 2010, manufacturing employment in Oregon has grown by 18.6 percent compared with the nation’s 8.7 […]