By Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association, Changes in our country relating to overtime work are finally upon us. As of December 1, 2016 employers will be required to pay employees classified as exempt from overtime a salary of at least $47,476 a year or $913 a week. If an employee […]

Congressmen Peter DeFazio Release, Congressmen Peter DeFazio, Randy Forbes, Dan Lipinski and more than fifty lawmakers urged Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to investigate the pending joint venture with the North Carolina-based rail manufacturing company, Vertex Railcar Corporation, and two […]

US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, It wasn’t long ago when a person in the United States could make a middle class living as long as he or she had an alarm clock and a good work ethic. These jobs often required routine work where a person didn’t need to have […]

University of Oregon Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon Statewide Economic Indicators: July saw some mixed numbers for the Oregon economy; the overall tenor of the data is consistent an economy in the mature stage of a business cycle. Highlights of this month’s report […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog We know Oregon’s economy is booming today. Job growth is outpacing the typical state by a considerable margin. These gains are strong enough to make up the recessionary losses and keep pace with population growth. As labor becomes scarce in a […]

By Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) slammed the flawed Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces final rule, commonly referred to as “blacklisting,” released  by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council. The rule, which was accompanied by a guidance document from the U.S. Department of Labor and a […]

By NFIB, It’s true: Local government and small businesses can work together. The Oregon License Directory is one of six nominees for a National Association of State Chief Information Officers award in the category of digital government. The office is a useful resource for small business owners that allows them […]

By National Retail Federation UGG combats rising levels of counterfeit Serving an eviction notice is a routine task for law enforcement officers, but when police arrived at a Long Island property in late June, failure to pay rent was the least of the transgressions going on. Law enforcement officials discovered […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, After the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced it would not reschedule marijuana from the most restrictive federal drug class, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement: “The DEA’s decision flies in the face of choices made freely by voters in Oregon […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog The unemployment rate in Oregon has increased from 4.5% to 5.2% in the past two months. What is going on here? Well, regular readers know it always important to take real-time economic data with a grain of salt, but the so-called […]