Oregon NFIB A recent proposal could increase the minimum wage as soon as Jan. 1. Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek unveiled a proposal in mid-June to lift the state’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2018, including an option for local governments to further increase wages, according to The […]

Oregon Attorney General Press Release, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced a $3 million settlement and an agreement from the White City, Oregon enterprise that operated a fraudulent nationwide subscription scam to permanently stop engaging in the newspaper or magazine subscription business. According to the Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC), which […]

By Jabob Grier, Portland Writer Cocktail consultant, magician, blogger. Liquidity Preference Blog Looking through my web stats the other day, I noticed that some of the common searches bringing readers to my site relate to smoking and health insurance. Cigar smokers in particular seem to be interested in this. And […]

By John Charles Cascade Policy Institute At Wednesday’s TriMet board meeting, Cascade Policy Institute President John A. Charles, Jr. presented a detailed critique of TriMet’s proposed tax increase, and urged the Board to cancel public hearings on the tax proposal set for August and September. Over the past several months, […]

The Raise the Wage Coalition has held a rally and started a campaign to raise the minimum wage to $13.50. This comes at the same time a different organization, 15 Now, is pushing for a $15 minimum wage. See video below.

Dr. Eric Fruits, EconMinute Blog Oregon economist As college students make plans for graduation (and I make plans to teach a summer session at Portland State University), I am reminded how much the world has changed since I graduated college. The typical graduate this year was born sometime between 1990 […]

Miller Nash LLP, Oregon and Washington Law Firm By Lori Irish Bauman While an at-will employee may generally be discharged for any reason, a discharge may be deemed wrongful — and will form the basis of a common law wrongful discharge claim — if it occurred because the employee fulfilled […]

By Oregon Prosperity Project, What Did the 2015 Oregon Legislature Accomplish? After one of the most contentious Legislative Sessions in recent history, the 2015 Oregon Legislative Session adjourned last Monday, July 6. With overwhelming majorities in both the House (35-25) and the Senate (18-12), Democrats planned from the start of […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog This edition of the Graph of the Week highlights the relationship between home prices and new home construction across the 50 largest metros in the country. (Original graph idea from Jed Kolko, formerly of Trulia.) It comes out of some work […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, A group of eight United States senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requesting information about the agencies’ efforts to facilitate and coordinate […]