By Oregon Small Business Association Portland worked hard to nab a location for the NCAA women’s Final Four but lost their bid as it was awarded to Tampa in 2025 and Phoenix in 2026. In Baseball, Las Vegas looks like a winner—and Portland a loser—in the effort to recruit the […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, sent a letter yesterday to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh regarding President Biden’s recent rule that requires all companies with 100 or more employees get their employees vaccinated, tested, or fired. The letter can be […]

Tim Duy, University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators September 7, 2021 Below is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for July 2021. The release date is September 7, 2021. Special thanks to our sponsor, KeyBank. In July the Oregon economy continued to recover from last […]

By Josh Lehner, Office of Economic Analysis Coming out of the Great Recession it was the nation’s largest urban areas that turned around first. Being home to the most diversified economies also meant less exposure to housing and government, the two biggest drags last cycle. In part due to the […]

Federal Executive Order Requires Private Businesses with 100 or More Employees to Mandate Vaccines or Weekly Testing Before Their Empoyees Can Report to Work By Amy Angel & Bruce Garrett Barran Liebman Law Firm, Last week, President Biden signed an executive order that required all private sector employers with 100 […]

By Oregon Small business Association, About 20 percent of business owners who borrowed money this year to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic have asked the Small Business Administration to forgive their Paycheck Protection Program loans—and most of those requests have been granted. According to the Business Journals, about 1.27 […]

By US Chamber of Commerce, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness today released a report detailing how a proposed 98% tax increase on carried interest capital gains would reduce investment, lead to widespread job losses, and decrease tax revenues at the local, state, and federal levels. […]

By Oregon Senate Republican Caucus The Office of Economic Analysis presented the quarterly revenue forecast. It confirmed that Oregon taxpayers will receive a $1.9 billion Kicker. The corporate Kicker will send an additional $850 million to K-12 schools. The state budget will also have an ending fund balance of $699 […]

The Other Delta: The Delta Airlines Vaccine Surcharge & What a Surcharge Could Look Like for Your Business By Iris Tilley & Jeff Robertson Barran Liebman, Oregon law firm Delta Airlines recently made headlines stating it would require all employees who remained unvaccinated against COVID-19 to pay a $200 surcharge […]

National Restaurant Association The National Restaurant Association released a mid-year supplement to the 2021 State of the Restaurant Industry Report, which illustrates the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry. The report provides an updated look at key indicators and trends influencing the industry’s recovery as of […]