By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Rising fuel costs prompted Alaska Airlines to trim capacity, and it may speed up replacement of old aircraft with newer more fuel-efficient planes, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. Long-term contracts for fuel and a “fortress” of a balance sheet provide a cushion […]

By Josh Lehner, Oregon Economic Analysis Office, It’s no secret that many advertisements target households with larger disposable incomes. For much of the recent past this has meant Baby Boomers, who have reshaped American society in many ways as the largest generation ever. But if you paid attention to the […]

Oregon Congressman Cliff Bentz Congressman Cliff Bentz voted against the deceptively named America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521), which passed the United States House of Representatives by a mostly party line vote of 222-210. This $325 billion spending blowout promotes the interests of the Chinese Communist Party, erodes our global competitive […]

BY NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement on behalf of Kevin Kuhlman, Vice President of Federal Government Relations, in response to today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing the U.S. inflation rate rose by 7.9% in February, […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Amazon, the e-commerce giant, has decided to close almost 70 bookstores and other retail outlets, including one in Washington Square Mall at Tigard. The company says it will focus on its Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market, Amazon Go, and Amazon Style stores and our […]

BY Oregon Employment Department, January 2022 Employment and Unemployment in Oregon’s Counties In January 2022, 25 of Oregon’s 36 counties experienced over-the-month decreases in their unemployment rates. Five counties experienced a 0.2 percentage point decrease or more over the month including Clatsop, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, and Jefferson counties. Grant County […]

By Oregon U.S. Attorney, Press Release Portland Man Faces Federal Charges for Stealing Dozens of Firearms from Local Pawn Shop PORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland man faces federal charges after he and several accomplices used a sledgehammer to break into a local pawn shop and steal forty-seven firearms. Kory Dean Boyd, 38, […]

  By Heather J. Van Meter & Christine M. Zinter Bullard Law Firm Many large companies have announced they are divesting from Russia due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The moves impact many aspects of Russia’s economy, from energy to news, furniture to clothing. BP and Shell have announced they […]

By NFIB, Small businesses continued to struggle to increase their workforce in February, with 22% of owners reporting that labor quality was their top business problem, according to NFIB’s monthly jobs report. Eleven percent of owners cited labor costs as their top business problem, unchanged from January. Reports of labor […]

By US Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, In an effort to combat a sharp rise in oil prices amid Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today urged President Biden to stabilize gas prices and help working families by releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). […]