Oregon to boost investment in career, technical education SB 498A will help prepare more Oregonians for jobs in fast growing industries By Oregon House Majority Office The Oregon House of Representatives expanded support for hands – on training and vocational programs in schools throughout the state. Career and Technical Education […]

By Jan Meekcoms Oregon NFIB (Originally published in Salem Business Journal) Fortunately for our state’s economy, a bill calling for a paid-sick-leave law has been shelved for now at the request of its author, Rep. Michael Dembrow, who sensed a lack of support for its passage. Good thing. Like minimum-wage […]

MSNBC interviews their analyst, Phil Lebaeu, to uncover explanations in the drop in national gas consumption and even traffic in some areas. The impact of trends will play into retailers and also raod gas tax revenue funds. Watch the MSNBC video below. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and […]

Business News Note, Oregon’s “Pay it Forward, Pay it Back,” project to allow students to pay for college using a 3% salary diversion is gaining some national headlines, see Business Insider, ABC News, CNN and Wall Street Journal.  The bill has passed both the House and Senate and is awaiting […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce It’s been one year since the Supreme Court upheld most of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). As the law continues to be implemented, employers have been scratching (or even banging) their heads in frustration over the perverse consequences of the rules delivered from Washington. […]

Comment on Death of the Grand Bargain Oregon Legislature failed to make some needed reforms, but at least tax increases lost, too By Oregon NFIB The “Grand Bargain” legislators had hoped to strike died when House Bill 2456-B failed to get the constitutionally required three-fifths vote in the state Senate. […]

Oregon unemployment rate: 35th out of 50 aint bad By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog. The news that Oregon’s unemployment rate had fallen below the symbolic rate of 8% was met with widespread applause this week. Indeed, the worst of the economic downturn does appear to be […]

By  J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries   Slew of Employment Law Issues Are Resolving as Session Ends HB 2950 – Bereavement Leave: Amends Oregon’s Family Leave Law (OFLA) to allow up to two weeks of unpaid bereavement leave for eligible employees. Although AOI opposed the bill at the outset, the […]

NIKE’s revenue & profits are up. This would be a good thing except some are critical of NIKE’s stock. Watch the CNN Money news video below.

Michael Hendrix Director, Research & Emerging Issues U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation The McKinsey Global Institute doesn’t do small things. When they set out to examine technological advancements, they found a way to put a dollar figure to every technology imaginable all the way out to 2025. In so doing, […]