AOI Testifies on Oregon’s Family Leave Laws By  J.L. Wilson – Associated Oregon Industries AOI provided testimony this week to the House Business and Labor Committee on the unwieldy nature of Oregon’s family leave laws. The Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) provides the most generous workplace leave provisions of any […]

The typical U.S. middle class household witnessed its income fall by 1.4%. Oregon fell -4.7%, California -3.7% and Washington -.1%

Rep. Greg Walden says forest health legislation can put Oregonians back to work in the woods — Draft legislation considered would replace ‘county payments’ with a solution that produces revenue for schools, law enforcement, and roads by putting Oregonians back to work in the woods By Congressman Greg Walden WASHINGTON, […]

NFIB host business Summit in Bend, Sunday, October 2—Tuesday, October 4 By NFIB, Every year NFIB/Oregon’s Small Business Summit gets bigger and better and this year will be no exception. The 2011 gathering will be packed full of in-depth policy discussions and other important topics relating to small business. This […]

Video: HP and their decade of business mistakes HP new hiring of CEO Meg Whitman brings to light a 10 year strecth of headline business mistakes. See the CNN video below:

State Treasurer Ted Wheeler outlines new vision for investing in Oregon economic opportunities –– Treasurer working with Gov. Kitzhaber, business leaders to design ‘Oregon Investment Act’ By Oregon State Treasurer Press Release excerpts. SALEM –In a hearing Wednesday of the Senate Interim Committee on Business, Transportation and Economic Development, Wheeler […]

Wyden Calls for Ethics Rules to Prevent Revolving Door for Internet Domain Name Regulators By Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release Washington, D.C. – As the online community prepares for a massive expansion in potential domain names and the expiration of the contract with the non-profit, non-governmental organization responsible for domain […]

By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog Absolutely essential reading over at the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis blog where Josh updates the Reinhardt and Rogoff data on comparative crises. He shows this graph which I have also been showing from time to time to give some perspective on the seriousness […]

by Ryan Gibson Stoell Rives LLP NW Law Firm World of Employment Blog As almost everyone knows, last week President Obama presented a $447 billion jobs bill, called the American Jobs Act, to a joint session of Congress full of proposals designed to stimulate the lagging U.S. economy. What many […]

West Hayden Island: We can achieve balance for residents, our regional economy and the environment By Brian M. Owendoff Senior VP Capacity Commercial Group LLC As of the July 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics rankings, Portland had an unemployment rate of 9% and Oregon at 9.5%. The more comprehensive gauge […]