Restaurant tip pooling now legal in Oregon By Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association, Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association (ORLA) has achieved a big management victory for table service restaurants. Employers can now require servers to participate in a tip pool that redistributes some of their tips to the back of […]

35% Health Care Tax Credit is a sham by Greg Galdabini By U.S. Chamber of Commerce The House was smart to pass legislation this week repealing the health care reform law enacted last year. The law is so flawed and complex that even a provision as seemingly beneficial to small […]

By Oregon Small Business Association; The IRS has moved Tax Day from April 15th to April 18th for 2011. The move is due to a holiday celebrated in the District of Columbia known as Emancipation Day. Emancipation Day falls on April 16th (a Saturday) but will be observed on April […]

By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog . From United Van Lines comes their annual report on whom they moved and where. It turn out that Oregon is still a top state in terms of net in-migraton. Given that United Van Lines customers probably skew wealthier and more educated (and perhaps […]

Release by US Department of Justice, WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Collins Management Corporation, a forestry products company in Oregon, to resolve allegations that it unlawfully fired and later refused to rehire a lawful permanent resident in violation of the anti-discrimination […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics The Economist magazine has a terrific map showing for each state the country it comes closest to in terms of GDP. Notes below:

Oregon Prepares to Add Big New Hurdle for Manufacturing Jobs – Highest in the Nation — While most states are attempting to keep or attract manufacturing jobs, Oregon may be heading the opposite direction. By John Ledger Associated Oregon Industries Oregon is the process of adopting the most stringent water […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Last week, I had the good fortune to interview newly sworn in Speaker of the House John Boehner in his new office. The interview was for the U.S. Chamber’s monthly member magazine Free Enterprise and will be the cover story of our February issue.  Speaker […]

Top 10 Tax Time Tips By Internal Revenue Service It’s that time of the year again. The income tax filing season has begun and important tax documents should be arriving in the mail. Even though your return is not due until April, getting an early start will make filing easier. […]

Business News Note: Nissan’s electric vehicle 2011 campaign for the Leaf car is being limited to seven states (Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Tennessee, Texas, and Hawaii) with later states to follow.  Portland General Electric caught Nissan executives completely by surprise by installing 100 charging stations to help welcome the new […]