Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis It has been our office’s view that what matters most for labor supply is total household income. If you have the financial cushion to not work given *gestures at everything* then some individuals will choose not to do so. Initially federal aid kept […]

By Oregon Business & Industry Survey Shows Stunning Number of Businesses are Considering Leaving Oregon Due to Taxes Due to recently passed new taxes and increases of existing taxes, at both the state and local levels, a stunning number of Oregon businesses are now giving serious consideration to leaving Oregon […]

By Dr. Eric Fruits Cascade Policy Institute A few months ago, Oregonians learned they will be getting a Kicker next year. Now, like clockwork, a noisy network of naysayers is clamoring to kick the Kicker to the curb. I say, “No way!” Experience has taught us that our Oregon legislature […]

By NFIB, NFIB Legal Center Executive Director, Karen Harned, will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on Judiciary on the continued lack of clarity the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides for America’s small businesses. Since the […]

By Oregon Employment Department, This morning the Employment Department released the September unemployment rate and jobs numbers for Oregon. After averaging monthly gains of 10,200 jobs from January through August, nonfarm payrolls lost 200 jobs in September. The jobs recovery looks quite different across different areas of the economy. About […]

By Taxpayers Foundation of Oregon A real estate company has donated a vacant lot in North Portland next to the Red House on Mississippi, site of protests after the black and indigenous owners lost homeowners lost their property to foreclosure.  That eventually created last December a riot where anarchists pushed […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office Economic Analysis Right now consumer spending is strong, COVID is keeping some workers home sick, and factories and warehouses are operating at or near capacity. These factors result in struggling supply chains, bare shelves and rising prices. Firms are indicating that these issues are likely […]

By US Senator Ron Wyden Release, U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04), along with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) today requested answers on alleged mistreatment of Oregon National Guard (ORNG) servicemembers deployed to assist with the state’s COVID […]

By National Federation of Independent Business The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) sent a letter to congressional leaders opposing the Biden Administration’s proposal to require annual reporting to the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) of gross inflows and outflows from all businesses to pay for spending provisions of the Build […]

By Dr. Eric Fruits Cascade Policy Institute Apparently, “COVID time” is a real thing. A week feels like a month, and last month might have been last year. Perhaps that’s why 2017 seems like it might have been in the last century. That was the year the Oregon legislature passed […]