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 […]

By NFIB, Fifty percent of all small business owners reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, a record high reading according to NFIB’s monthly jobs report. The number of unfilled job openings has remained far above the 48-year historical average of 22%. “Small employers are struggling […]

Employees Who Are Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine May Not be Eligible for Jobless Benefits By Sarah Hale & Bruce Garrett Barran Liebman Law As a general rule, jobless benefits are available to unemployed Oregon workers who are laid off or who have good cause to quit their jobs. Workers […]

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. About 1.27 million small businesses have sought […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Private universities in Portland are seeing an increase in enrollment this year, possibly because people are tired of sitting at home and yearning to learn in classrooms on campuses. Some of those registering this year deferred enrollment in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. […]

By Oregon NFIB, NFIB, Oregon’s largest and leading small-business association, today extends its gratitude to Gov. Kate Brown for signing House Bill 3389 into law. “Oregon’s small businesses urgently needed this legislation,” said Anthony Smith, NFIB Oregon state director, about the new law, which provides substantial relief for employers facing […]

By US Chamber, The worker shortage crisis has kicked into another gear. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today there were 10.1 million job openings in the economy at the end of June. This is by far the record amount of job openings the economy has ever had. This […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, As coronavirus cases surge worldwide, prompting Gov. Kate Brown implemented a mask mandate in all indoor public settings beginning Aug. 13, the question of requiring passports to proof of vaccination status has arisen. However, a slight majority of people polled by the Portland Business Journal […]

By US Attorney, Oregon District A Gresham, Oregon man pleaded guilty today for stealing financial and identification documents from more than 100 people in and around Portland. Robert Loren Finanders, 40, pleaded guilty to unauthorized access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and […]

By Rachel Dawson Cascade Policy Institute Did you just have an order for a desktop computer or gaming system canceled by Dell? You have Oregon elected officials to thank for that. Dell recently stated that it will cancel all orders of certain energy-intensive computer systems to Oregon and five other […]