By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog While we’re busy working on next week’s economic and revenue forecast, I have two sneak peeks this week that preview some of our upcoming research. First up is our forthcoming report on Oregon start-up breweries. Not only does Oregon lead the […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement regarding Senate passage of H.R. 2353, the “Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015:” “While we recognize that passing a short-term extension of the Highway Trust Fund through July was a necessary action, it […]

Ferguson Wellman, Portland Ferguson Wellman Capital Management was named by Forbes Magazine as a top wealth management firm. This is the third year that Ferguson Wellman was represented on the Forbes list. Specifically, Forbes named Ferguson Wellman 32nd on the “Top 100 Wealth Managers” list. The data for the rankings […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate In the ongoing battle over the paid sick leave mandate (SB 454 and HB 2005), a new plan has surfaced in the Senate. Although a bill draft has not been made available yet, the Senate’s intention is that the bill would apply to […]

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Mark Warner, D-Va.,  introduced legislation that would provide college-bound students powerful new tools for comparing colleges and universities on measures such as total cost, likelihood of graduating, and potential earnings. “The Student Right to Know Before You […]

Business News Note: Released this weekend for over $100 Adidas has teamed up with Blazer star Damian Lillard for a new show based ont he design of the replaced Portland Airport carpet. From Addidas, “Ready for take off. The PDX Carpet inspired edition of the D Lillard 1 basketball shoe […]

By NFIB, Democrats and Republicans are coming together on a repeal of perhaps the unlikeliest of matters: a portion of the Affordable Care Act. The repeal centers around a 40 percent tax set to go in effect in 2018. The tax is often referred to as the “Cadillac tax” because […]

By Oregon Tax News, Portland is one of the rare cities that is experiencing a future test of technology while navigating through various legislative and legal hurdles. This month, CenturyLink has launched a cable TV service in Portland, giving Portland viewers an alternative to Comcast for the first time. The […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate Here are the tax-related bills that have the attention of AOI and the business community: HB 3125 extends the machinery and equipment (M&E) personal property tax exemption for bakeries, egg producers, and dairy producers. The bill is sponsored and being pushed by the […]

Shawn Narancich, CFA, VP Research Ferguson Wellman, Portland Investors unnerved by disappointing economic data of late breathed a sigh of relief with the April jobs report, which showed that nonfarm payrolls rebounded to a monthly rate of 223,000 last month. Unemployment dropped again and now stands at 5.4 percent, a […]