Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate The Oregon Legislature released plans for the 2015 Legislative Session, including more than 50 Drafts (Legislative Concepts – LC) of bills that would: increase taxes for businesses and individuals across the state; create new employment requirements; and increase energy costs. A few notable […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Oregon just passed a big milestone in the recovery, having regained all of its lost jobs from the Great Recession. As we wrote last month: “Of course, reaching pre-recession levels is not an end goal, but it is an important milestone.” […]

By Portland Business Alliance The Clean & Safe District’s 2013 Business Census and Survey results, which were released today, show a positive upward trend in downtown Portland’s employment numbers as well as business growth in the retail, construction and technology sectors. According to the census, downtown Portland added 1,917 employees […]

Four Nike-Sponsored Teams Battle for College Football Playoff Title By NIKE, As we ring in the New Year, the best of the best will come together to crown an undisputed champion in the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship — a true quest to become untouchable. The competing schools, Alabama, […]

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden U.S. Senator Ron Wyden issued the following statement  praising President Obama’s announcement of new steps to open up relations with the Cuban people: “I applaud the President for today’s announcement and for taking these historic steps to normalize relations with Cuba. I have long believed that […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog Oregon’s employment is at an all-time high, according to the Oregon Employment Department.  More impressive, perhaps, is that November recorded an all time record increase in new jobs at 11,200.  The unemployment rate remains at 7.0% which is itself, ironically, a […]

By Steve Buckstien, Cascade Policy Institute In November, Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, and Tigard, Oregon joined Vancouver, Washington in welcoming ridesharing juggernaut Uber to operate legally in their cities. Conspicuously absent from this list was the region’s largest city, Portland, which became virtually surrounded by the smartphone app transit economy. Then, […]

By Portland Business Alliance A coalition of business and civic leaders released the latest in a series of economic studies examining how the Portland-metro region is performing compared to the U.S. metro average and other comparable metro areas. The study shows that the Portland-metro region has gained back the jobs […]

By Jabob Grier, Portland Writer Cocktail consultant, magician, blogger. Liquidity Preference Blog The announcement of more normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba is welcome news for many reasons, but the one that seems to spring to mind for many is that Cuba’s most famous export, cigars, may […]

By Technology Association of Oregon. Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 was passed to the President for his signature. This is a comprehensive Act that has gotten broad industry and consumer advocacy support. The Bill and now the Act has been around for a while and it has been modified in […]