By Oregon Tax News, Identity thieves are using  deceased people’s  SSN and use it to claim him as a dependent. Then have the IRS send the ridiculously inflated refund to your prepaid debit card.    Thieves spend the refund, and pull the same trick next year.  The scam works when the […]

NLRB Issues Third Report on Employer Social Media Policies: How Helpful Is it? By Barran Liebman, Oregon Law Firm On May 30th, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a third report on social media with “specific examples of various employer policies and rules” that […]

Severe Lack of Available Land Will Restrict Oregon Job Creation. By Oregon Prosperity Project The Portland Metro region has only one industrial site of 50 acres or larger that would be ready for development in 180 days and only five sites of 25 acres or larger that would be ready […]

by Amy Vander Vliet Oregon Employment Department Economic conditions continue to improve; Oregon has seen recent job gains across most major industries. Yet the pace of growth remains sluggish, and according to the latest report from the state Office of Economic Analysis (OEA), that’s not likely to change anytime soon.

y U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Senate vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA), a bill that would unleash a swarm of lawsuits, stop businesses from adequately defending themselves, and give regulators the wrong tools to fight discrimination. In a Key Vote Letter to Senators, Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber Executive […]

Ceaser CEO tells CNN why the trend is moving towards online legalization of online poker. Nevada, New Jersey and Illinois are beginning to move in that direction.

Oregon taxpayers will save $60.8 million thanks to Treasury refinancing of state bonds By Oregon State Treasurer, Oregon taxpayers will save millions thanks to a successful initiative to refinance state bonds to lower rates, State Treasurer Ted Wheeler announced today. The series of refinancing efforts in the first half of […]

Two in Five New Dads Didn’t Take Any Paternity Leave, Finds CareerBuilder’s Annual Father’s Day Survey -More working dads (36 percent) bringing work home since beginning of recession – By Career Builders, Is work keeping new dads from maximizing their paternity leave? Two-in-five working dads (43 percent) who had a […]

Merkley Applauds Passage of Bill to Speed Medical Innovations to Market “Includes two Merkley provisions to improve medical device safety” By U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley The United States Senate passed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety and Innovation Act, a bill to give the FDA the tools needed to […]

By Oregon Small Business Association A smart phone App called MailStop and a new Dish Network DVR dubbed “The Hopper” give consumers the power to eliminate junk mail and commercials. Consumers are happy. Advertisers, not so much. Junk Mail-Blocking Apps The United States Postal Service, plagued by financial woes, now […]