By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Next summer, from June 3 to Aug. 2, Southwest Airlines plans to bring back two routes from Portland—one to Nashville and another to Austin, Texas—destinations also served by direct flights offered by Alaska Airlines. Southwest, based in Dallas, offers 10 year-round and three seasonal […]

FBI, FTC Tiplines Among Sites Currently Vulnerable to Spying; Use of Encrypted Client Hello Would Shield Visitors By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today urged the executive branch to protect whistleblowers and Americans who visit federal websites by upgrading the security […]

By Oregon U.S. Attorney, Press release, PORTLAND, Ore.— A federal grand jury in Portland has returned an eight‑count indictment charging Rosa Cazares, Chief Executive Officer of La Mota, LLC, and 503 Staffing LLC, with willfully failing to collect, account for, and pay over federal payroll taxes, announced Scott E. Bradford, […]

House bill addresses burdensome diesel regulations and preventable equipment damage By NFIB, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 15, 2026) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, sent a letter to Rep. Julie Fedorchak (ND-AL) in support of H.R. 9618, the Diesel Engine Flexibility (DEF) […]

Court Sides with Attorney General Rayfield, Allows RealPage Rent-Pricing Case to Move Forward By Oregon AG, Judge rejects software company’s attempt to get the case thrown out Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s work to hold RealPage accountable will move forward, after a judge rejected the company’s attempt to throw out a […]

Report Estimates Consequences of Slow Oregon Job Growth By Oregon Business & Industry, Oregon employment stagnation: From 2010 to 2020, Oregon jobs increased by 2.23% on an annualized basis. From 2020 to 2026, however, the annualized increase plummeted to 0.04% even as other states continued to add jobs. Idaho’s annualized […]

9/29/26 Going Beyond Leave: When Employers May Need to Consider Reassignment as a Reasonable Accommodation September 29, 2026 By Abby Fitts and Ashley Morgan Last month, a 3-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Dieng v. Orkin, LLC, No. 25-1221 (4th Cir. Aug. 5, 2026) overturned a […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, The Oregon Small Business Association is awarding its 2026 Oregon Small Business Community Champion Award to Oregon State Senator Bruce Starr for his historic achievement in stopping the $4.3 billion gas tax. This gas tax was one of the largest taxes in Oregon history and […]

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Mike Crapo, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, celebrated the Senate’s unanimous approval of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act. The legislation approved this week is a package of 65 bipartisan […]

By Oregon Business & Industry, U.S. Census Release: In September, the U.S. Census Bureau released inflation-adjusted median household income data for 2025. Median household income is the point at which half of households have higher income and half have lower income. Oregon vs. U.S.: In 2025, Oregon’s median household income […]