Oregon BOLI Proposes Regulations on Credit Check Law By Michael Porter, Kathryn L. Kammer Miller Nash LLP, Oregon law firm Oregon now bars most employers from using credit histories in making employment decisions. In the February 2010 special session, the Oregon legislature passed Senate Bill 1045, generally prohibiting employers from […]

AOI Board Opposes Premature 2014 Forced Shutdown of PGE Boardman Power Plant By John Ledger Associated Oregon Industries Supports the most cost effective means of achieving compliance with regulatory requirements. The AOI Board of Directors, at its April 29, 2010 meeting, went on record in opposition to costly and premature […]

José Pinomesa, Chairman Oregon Independent Auto Dealers Association April was a great month for auto manufactures and dealers since overall sales were up 20 percent on average according to Automotive News.  That is great to hear since auto manufacturers and auto dealers have taken a huge hit during this entire […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer asked for some comments on this morning’s employment report.  Here’s what I gave them; you can read other comments on the NewsHour website: The economy is on the mend.  We have a long way to go before employment is […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce, WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce joined the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry today in raising concerns with the various calls to boycott travel to the state of Arizona. “It is very bad policy to boycott the businesses and harm the workers of Arizona […]

Company Targets Revenues of $27 Billion and More than $12 Billion of Cumulative Cash Flow from Operations by 2015 Today NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) unveiled its strategy and key initiatives to achieve sustainable, long-term growth across its global portfolio of brands and businesses. During its investor meeting in New York, the […]

By Oregon Tax News, The Pennsylvania Revenue Department is broadcasting ads designed to scare the hell out of overdue taxpayers.  The state hopes to collect $190 million in negligent tax funds.  This ad might be coming to Oregon as State Auditors recently recommended new ways to go after Oregon’s 66,000 […]

By Tim Duy, Oregon Economic Forum University of Oregon Index of Economic Indicators. sponsor, KeyBank. The University of Oregon Index of Economic Indicators™ rose 0.2% percent in March to 88.9 (1997=100) from a revised February figure of 88.7.  Most index components were little changed compared to February, with the exception […]

By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog The always entertaining (and bike commuting – isn’t that oh so Portland?) commuter columnist for The Oregonian, Joseph Rose, has touched on another of the numerous third rails of Oregon politics: studded tires (self-serve gas is another – but once the economy recovers, I […]

U.S. Department of Labor Opens Its Database for All to See Written by Wayne D. Landsverk Miller Nash LLP, Oregon and Washington Law Firm The U.S. Department of Labor has just unveiled its new Web site, designed to make the enforcement data of five agencies “transparent.” The result is a […]