By Patrick Sheehan Oregon State Representative Multnomah County has some funny ideas about what constitutes economic development. Our state constitution allocates lottery profits to fund public education (59 percent), economic development (25 percent), parks and salmon habitat (15 percent), and problem gambling treatment (1 percent). In the 2011 legislative session, […]

Report showcases connection between big and small businesses By Portland Business Alliance The Portland Business Alliance, in partnership with the Value of Jobs Coalition, released its latest study: Portland-Metro’s Traded Sector: A source of good jobs, higher wages and small business growth. This report explains how traded-sector employers pay higher […]

by John Ledger Associated Oregon Industries The Draft Oregon Statewide Transportation Strategy (STS), A 2050 Vision for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction, is out for public comment until July 20. You can see the Report here. It was presented to the Oregon Transportation Commission, who OK’d it for being sent out […]

by Sean Hackbarth U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Innovation runs amok when trial lawyers find new ways to attack businesses. In Investors Business Daily, U.S. Chamber President and CEO, Tom Donohue lets us know about “tort tourism,” lawyers traveling the globe in search of sympathetic courts where they can sue companies […]

A long standing funeral home is partnering with Starbucks to serve coffee and food to their clients. Watch the video to see it for yourself. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

By Bill Conerly, Oregon Economist Conerly Consulting, Businomics Fortune Magazine published this great chart. You can read the commentary, but like all great charts, this one speaks for itself.

by Eric Fruits, pH.D Oregon economist Econ-International Blog In Portland, folks live in a house the size of dining room and in New York, the mayor is pushing apartments no bigger than a few refrigerator boxes taped together. OPB’s Think Out Loud radio show interviews the Portland owner of a […]

Nike’s secret meeting with U.S. Treasure Secretary Tim Geithner By Oregon Tax News, Tim Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary, visited Portland in April and held a private meeting with about a dozen CEOs of major corporations. The Portland Business Journal wanted to know what was discussed behind the closed doors. Only […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s Largest Business Advocate AOI has begun to receive questions about requirements and penalties that the law imposes on employers. This article attempts to answer some of those questions. Although the federal health reform law (PPACA) does not explicitly mandate an employer to offer employees acceptable health […]

By Oregon Attorney General Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced that an agreement has been reached in principle with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to return $6.7 million to the Oregon Medicaid program to resolve allegations that GSK engaged in various illegal schemes related to the marketing and pricing of drugs it manufactures. Oregon’s […]