By Oregon Attorney General, Attorney General John Kroger issued a statement today announcing that Oregon will join the multi-state agreement with five major financial institutions: “The Oregon Department of Justice is deeply committed to protecting consumers. In assessing any potential consumer protection settlement, I compare the benefits of the settlement […]

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Self-Service Gas By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog Let’s suppose that for some reason you expect the whole issue of self-service gas in Oregon to be brought up again in a public forum. It might be best, then, to be prepared for some blowback. […]

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: The American business model will follow any new market and so CNN reports of a new Florida business called Silver Tours which aims to reach senior citizens with medical marijuana and work towarsd removing legal barriers.

By Betsy Earls Associated Oregon Industries Approval of the business plan for the Health Insurance Exchange, HB 4164, had its first hearing on Wednesday afternoon. Early on Wednesday, there were rumors that the bill was slated to move out of committee that day, but things didn’t go as planned. In […]

Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of Oregon Highlights of the report include: – Economic activity rebounded in Oregon in the final month of 2011. A sharp increase in the Oregon Measure of Economic Activity from -1.11 to -0.28 – close to the average growth established over the 1990-2011 period […]

Press Pause on Faulty Video Rentals By Better Business Bureau, Former customers of Hollywood Video allege that they are now receiving collection calls and notices from Universal Fidelity LP regarding past-due movie rentals and fees associated with unreturned movies. Most complainants say that fees are excessive and debts are unfounded; […]

Oregon firm wins big: Chrysler-Clint Eastwood “Halftime In America” Ad By Oregon Small Business Association Portland’s favorite ad agency, Wieden & Kennedy, produced a much raved Super Bowl ad for Chrysler featuring Clint Eastwood called “Halftime in America”. A national social media rating agency Collective Intellect rated in the Chrysler […]

Another Silly Idea By Oregon Economics California Lutheran University Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany has introduced a bill banning withdrawals of welfare funds from ATMs at liquor stores, casinos, and strip clubs. Politicians do this sort of thing every now and then. It wasn’t that long ago that California’s legislature, in […]

By Free Enterprise U.S. Chamber of Commerce While nearly all Americans felt the squeeze of the economic downturn, certain pockets of the United States remained prosperous. USA Today reports that median household income actually rose in 12 states and the District of Columbia between 2005 and 2010: •Texas, Iowa, and […]