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 […]

Net Migration and Natural Increase in Oregon’s Population by Gail Krumenauer Oregon Employment Department Each year, the Population Research Center at Portland State University publishes the population counts for Oregon and its counties as of July 1. These population estimates show the reasons why the population changed from the previous […]

What is a Broadcaster to Do When Approached by an Ad Agency Buying Time for an Undisclosed Political Candidate? By Davis, Wright & Tremaine LLP Oregon law firm Does a broadcast station need to book a political ad buy for an agency purporting to be representing a candidate, but refusing […]

by Sean Hackbarth Free Enterprise U.S> Chamber of Commerce If you didn’t catch the Wall Street Journal editorial on the Sierra Club’s war on natural gas. It covers much of the same ground as my post a few weeks ago, but repetition allows the environmental group’s flip-flop to sink into […]