By Bullard Law, Portland law firm Sparks are flying in Washington. On Monday [July 7] the Washington State Liquor Control Board issued the first licenses, which allowed for legal marijuana sales to begin on Tuesday. By Wednesday there were news and social media reports that the “first buyer” in Spokane had lost his […]

By NIKE, With one strike of his Nike Magista boot, German striker Mario Gotze sent his nation into raptures and sealed his place in football history. For Nike Football, the moment capped an exciting year for both the brand and business. On the pitch, Nike started the tournament with 10 […]

By Washington Lodging Association (WLA) Seattle taxpayers forced to fund expensive outside counsel for city attempt to defend discrimination The City of Seattle’s decision to hire expensive outside legal counsel to try to defend its discriminatory actions against small businesses in the recently adopted minimum wage ordinance should outrage every […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon Economic Indicators: Oregon posted another month of above average growth in May. Highlights of the report include: – The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to 0.69, compared to a revised 0.16 the previous […]

by Betsy Earls Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate Cover Oregon Moves to Fed to Save Money – Yet Fees Go Up Cover Oregon went through another round of explaining itself recently, updating legislative committees during three days of meetings designed to begin planning for the 2015 Legislative Session. […]

By Oregon Tax News The latest data from the US Bureau of Statistics show that Oregon ranks in the top 10 worst employment states with an unemployment rate at 6.9%.   If the District of Columbia was not included, Oregon would rank #9 among the 50 states.   Oregon has improved since […]

By Randall O’Toole Native Oregonian & Senior CATO Fellow All over the country, cities from Seattle to St. Petersburg are planning or building light-rail lines that are wasteful and inefficient. Thanks to lobbying by government contractors and local politicians hungry for “free” federal dollars, more cost-effective alternatives are forgone in […]

State GDP 2013 By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released preliminary State GDP figures for 2013 along with comprehensive revisions for data from 1997-2012, following the major National Income and Product Account revisions at the national level a year ago or […]

Mark F Herbert New Paradigms LLC Eugene, Oregon I have to admit that I was very disappointed to see the Eugene City Council decide to pass an ordinance that will require the vast majority of Eugene based employers and businesses outside of the city whose employees work in the city […]

Mark D’Alessio U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Center for Education and Workforce. Ok, I’ll admit it—I jumped on the World Cup bandwagon. Who knew that such a low-scoring sport could be so exciting to watch? Which brings me to today’s marquee matchup—the United States vs. Belgium. Some columnists and commentators […]