By Jabob Grier, Portland Writer Cocktail consultant, magician, blogger. Liquidity Preference Blog In the recent The Oregonian, I look back at a column I wrote in 2008 and say, “I told you so.” When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Day 2009, Oregon ushered in its statewide smoking ban […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President for the Environment, Technology, & Regulatory Affairs Bill Kovacs today issued the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to regulate broadband under Title II of the “Communications Act”: “The Chamber strongly opposes the FCC’s decision to […]

By Oregon Better Business Bureau BBB® is telling consumers to be alert to scammers claiming to be bill collectors for government agencies. These scams are coming in the form of phone calls in which the caller is demanding immediate payment over the phone and threatening arrest. They’ll make the request […]

Portland Trail Blazers Rank #12 on Forbes list of NBA team values 2015 By Oregon Small Business Association The top 12 on the Forbes list of NBA team values 2015are: #1. Los Angeles Lakers $2.6 billion #2. New York Knicks $2.5 billion #3. Chicago Bulls $2 billion #4. Boston Celtics […]

By Bullard Law, Portland law firm Age Discrimination – Replacing A 30-Year Employee With A Recent College Grad Here at The Bullard Edge we see it all. Folks send us amazing questions – some that highlight holes in the law and others that illustrate HR blind spots. This week’s (fictional) […]

Kathryn Hickok Cascade Policy Institute Cascade Policy Institute has released a new report showing that Oregon public employers have more than $2.6 billion in unfunded actuarially accrued liabilities associated with non-pension benefits promised to current and future retirees. Referred to as “Other Post-Employment Benefits,” or OPEB, these liabilities include various […]

By Oregon Small Business Association On February 16, 2015, OSBA spokesman, Tom Maginnis, testified before the Joint Senate & House Business & Labor committee on HB 2005 which mandates nearly 50 hours of paid sick leave. Maginnis gave an incredible True-Life Testimony on his own small business as listed below. […]

By Michael Hendrix, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation The Internet is perhaps the greatest modern ally of everyday people. Shoppers in particular have more options available to them than ever before. Yet are shoppers’ data being used against them when they’re not looking? That is a question the President’s Council […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog As our office has discussed over the past year (HERE and HERE, e.g.), the expected pattern for the economy would be first more jobs, then higher wages due to a tighter labor market and then more individuals in the labor force […]

By Associated Oregon Industries, As you may recall, in November the EPA proposed to lower the regulatory ozone standard, from 75 ppb to a range between 65 and 70 ppb. While the EPA’s intention of lowering the U.S.’s ozone pollution is admirable, it neglects to account for the overseas particulate […]