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August 17, 2022 - Covid workplace guidance Changed: What you should know

By Bruce Garrett & Blayne Soleymani-Pearson Barran Law, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released revised COVID-19 guidance last week that may impact employers’ COVID-19 workplace policies. The high levels of immunity from vaccines and prior infections have led the CDC to continue to ease restrictions in non-high-risk […]


August 16, 2022 - Home day care netted $329,000 in fraudulent funds

BY Oregon US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, The owner of a Roseburg, Oregon in-home daycare facility pleaded guilty today in federal court for stealing federal childcare funds. Katie Jo Thompson, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds. According to court documents, Thompson cared for her […]


August 15, 2022 - State Health Plan Would Raise Taxes $21 Billion Per Year

By Oregon Business and Industry A draft plan for universal health care in Oregon would raise taxes on the state’s businesses and residents by more than $20 billion per year. OBI this month urged members of the Joint Task Force on Universal Health Care to reconsider the proposal given the […]


August 12, 2022 - Wyden: Athlete Bill of Rights

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) this week introduced the College Athletes Bill of Rights, comprehensive legislation that would change the landscape of college sports and protect and expand the rights of college […]


August 10, 2022 - Serving others is secret to success for Salem business leader

By Oregon Hispanic Business Association, As children, Jose Gonzalez and his five siblings picked strawberries and other produce every summer outside Woodburn, Ore., to help support their family. Today, he’s founding president of the Latino Business Alliance, a member of the Salem City Council, and owner of Tu Casa Real […]


August 9, 2022 - Collectible shoe biz charged with $70M fraud

By US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, The former owner and chief financial officer of Zadeh Kicks LLC, a now-defunct Oregon corporation that sold limited edition and collectible sneakers online, made their first appearances in federal court today after being charged with perpetrating a fraud scheme that allegedly cost customers […]


August 8, 2022 - OBI kicks off manufacturing road show

Photo: The #OBIRoadshow kicked off this morning with a visit to Intel and a tour of Oregon’s booming Silicon Forest. We learned what makes Oregon a world-leading R&D site for the semiconductor industry and how those investments help the entire state. Follow along for more stories as we travel more […]


August 5, 2022 - Book Tax disproportionately burden manufacturers

National Association of Manufacturers, The proposed “book tax” in the Senate’s reconciliation bill “would overwhelmingly hit U.S. manufacturers,” according to a new analysis by the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress’s non-partisan tax scorekeeper. What’s going on: The reconciliation bill, the outline of which was released Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader […]


August 4, 2022 - Bill to Strengthen Semiconductor Manufacturing, Grow Economy

By Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) joined the House in passing historic bipartisan legislation to invest in U.S. economic competitiveness by strengthening the nation’s scientific enterprise and supply chains. The bill has already passed the Senate. The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act will support domestic semiconductor manufacturing, accelerate […]


August 3, 2022 - Oregon’s economy update

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis We know the economy needs to cool to bring inflation down. It’s the reason the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and are expected to continue to do so in the months ahead. Inflation is not costless, and as Federal Reserve Chair Powell […]