By Oregon Business & Industry Policy and Rulemaking Updates Climate Protection Program: DEQ’s rulemaking to establish a carbon intensity benchmark for designated emissions-intensive, trade-exposed (EITE) businesses within the Climate Protection Program (CPP) will hold its third meeting on Sept. 15. The rulemaking is intended to address the risk of carbon […]

By Oregon US Attorney, Press Release, PORTLAND, Ore.— U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford is pleased to announce a series of criminal and civil enforcement actions to combat fraud involving federal pandemic relief funds. Since June 2026, the District of Oregon’s Covid Fraud Task Force has brought 12 enforcement actions involving […]

These measures would reduce unnecessary mandates that increase costs for consumers and small businesses By NFIB, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 17, 2026) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), applauds the U.S. House of Representatives on the passage of two bills that would repeal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that […]

State of Oregon proposes workers’ compensation rates for 2027 By Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Press Release, Sept. 9, 2027 Salem – On average, Oregon employers will pay 92 cents per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation coverage in 2027 under a proposal the Oregon Department of Consumer […]

Attorney General Rayfield Pushes FCC to Stop Phone Companies from Looking the Other Way on Robocalls Oregon Attorney General, Media Release Attorney General Dan Rayfield is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to close loopholes that let scammers flood the U.S. phone network with illegal robocalls. The coalition wants […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, J.R. Johnson, a Portland company that focused on disaster restoration, is closing its doors by Oct. 31 and laying off 55 employees, according to The Portland Business Journal. Watterson Environmental Group in Illinois, parent company of the business at 9425 N. Burrage Ave., gave […]

OHF Working to Create Connections Between Employers and Emerging Talent By Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association, Earlier this summer, six Oregon hospitality operators joined us at Willamette University for Uplift Leadership’s Career Summit. We got to spend the day chatting with young people who are trying to figure out what […]

— Wyden Urges Google, Meta and TikTok To Stop Putting Small Businesses At Risk of Violating State Privacy Laws Surveillance Ad Tracking Tools Collect Users’ Sensitive Information by Default, Big Tech Tracking Tools Won’t to Follow Universal Opt-Out required by Oregon California and Colorado By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Press […]

Nexstar owns Portland’s KOIN 6 and TEGNA owns KGW 8; Oregon has sued to block them from merging By Oregon Attorney General, Press release, A federal judge has ruled that Nexstar Media Group violated a court order requiring it to keep TEGNA Inc. operating as an independent company while a […]

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon Press Release, PORTLAND, Ore.— Iranian National residing in Coos Bay pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. (8/5/26) Mehrdad Gerami, Age 67, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. According to court documents, from 2021 to the present, Gerami was the […]