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December 4, 2025 - NFIB fights new OHSA regulation, burden

Legislation would stop a massive new OSHA regulation from burdening small businesses nationwide By NFIB, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 21, 2025) – The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, sent a letter to Rep. Mark Messmer in support of his legislation, the Heat Workforce Standards […]


December 3, 2025 - Oregon’s highests paid CEOs

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, The highest-paid business executive in Oregon is Ford Tamer, who oversees Lattice Semiconductor in Hillsboro, whose $215,385 salary and $68.94 million in stock awards tops the list of 88 highest-paid executives in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The second-highest paid executive was former Kindercare CEO […]


December 2, 2025 - AG Settlement over HelloFresh and misleading “Free” meal ads

By Oregon Attorney General, Press Release Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced a settlement with Grocery Delivery E-Service USA, Inc., doing business as HelloFresh, after an Oregon Department of Justice investigation found the company misled consumers with deceptive “free meal,” “free shipping,” and “free gift” offers. “HelloFresh built its brand […]


December 1, 2025 - Economist explains Portland’s decline

By Dr. Eric Fruits, Economist Guest submission for Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation Two years ago, my wife went on her morning walk past the school across the street, when she saw the school’s custodian—dead on the sidewalk of what we later learned was a heart attack. If she’d been […]


November 26, 2025 - AG $7M settlement with landlords

By Oregon Attorney General, • Posted in Homepage, Media Release Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a bipartisan coalition of nine states filed a proposed $7 million settlement to resolve claims against Greystar Management Services LLC, as part of the coalition’s ongoing enforcement efforts targeting price fixing involving housing rental prices […]


November 25, 2025 - Dozens of small businesses offered free food during shutdown

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, When the government shut down threatened funding for SNAP, local businesses in the Portland metro area stepped up to make sure people in their communities didn’t go hungry. When 750,000 Oregonians lost benefits Nov. 1 under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, businesses offered free […]


November 24, 2025 - Policymakers Must Note Oregon’s Nation-Leading Tax Ranking Drop

By Oregon Business & Industry, Oregon’s freefall: On Oct. 30, the nonpartisan Tax Foundation released its annual State Tax Competitiveness Index, which dropped Oregon’s ranking to 35th nationally. As recently as 2019, Oregon’s overall ranking was 7th, indicating a 28-place plunge in only seven years. Check out our blog post […]


November 20, 2025 - NFIB: Make health care affordable

Small businesses call for legislative solutions to address the growing health coverage affordability crisis By NFIB, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 19, 2025) – The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, submitted testimony for the record to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance ahead of its […]


November 19, 2025 - DHS Ends Automatic Extensions of Employment Authorization

November 17, 2025 By Abby Fitts and Winslow Robinson Barran Liebman Law, On October 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced an interim final rule ending the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents (“EADs”) for employees who file timely renewal applications. Under this new rule, employees […]


November 18, 2025 - Wyden: Release report on phone network insecurities

Wyden, Warner Demand Release of CISA Report on Insecurity of U.S. Phone Networks The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has Ignored Multiple Requests to Release Vital Information; Following China’s Salt Typhoon Hack of U.S. Networks, Americans Deserve to see the Unclassified Report By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, (11/13/25) Washington, […]