By Oregon Business & Industry, What happened: On March 17, Senior Policy Director Duke Shepard testified before the Senate Committee on Housing and Development in support of SB 6, an anticipated amendment to which would establish a 45-day deadline for officials to issue or deny housing-permit applications. Why it’s necessary: […]

By Nicole Elgin and Lex Shvartsmann Barran Liebman, 3/13/25 — On March 6, 2025, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the D.C. District Court issued an opinion that President Trump’s termination of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox was unlawful. The decision reinstates Wilcox to the Board and restores […]

By Oregon Business & Industry, What happened: On March 11, OBI Senior Policy Director Sharla Moffett testified before the House Committee on Climate, Energy and Environment in opposition to HB 3477, which would reset Oregon’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. Bill details: HB 3477 would establish a goal to reduce emissions […]

Bills benefiting the lawyer class over the working class only increase economic uncertainty By Oregon NFIB, SALEM, Ore., March 11, 2025—Although release today of the latest Small Business Optimism Index by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) showed a fourth consecutive month above the Index’s 51-year average of 98, […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Nearly three dozen taprooms, brewpubs, and craft breweries shuttered their doors in 2024, making it what the Oregon Beverage Alliance called the “Hardest Year for Oregon Craft Brewers,” according to a KPTV report. Since the pandemic, Oregon has seen 75 such businesses close, nearly […]

Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Secure Fair Pay for Truckers Working Overtime By Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Washington D.C.— U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues to introduce bipartisan legislation that would ensure truckers are compensated fairly for the hours that they are on the […]

By U.S. Chamber, A new public opinion survey released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports overwhelming support for making the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) permanent. Further, Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate who advocates for permanent tax relief. Most of the TCJA’s pro-growth […]

By Oregon State Representative Ed Diehl, Press Release, Opposition statement to HB 2200: Public pension plans should never be used to advance social goals or political policy objectives that are inconsistent with the fiduciary interests of the fund. Yet that is exactly what House Bill 2200 proposes, and it is […]

By U.S. Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, PORTLAND, Ore.– Varun Gupta, 44, who previously lived and worked in Oregon, pleaded guilty to possessing trade secrets taken from his previous employer. According to court documents, from July 2010 to January 2020, Gupta was employed as a product marketing engineer for an […]

By Oregon Business & Industry, What happened: On Feb. 19, OBI Executive Vice President and General Counsel Paloma Sparks testified in opposition to HB 3187, a redundant anti-discrimination bill that would harm both employers and employees. What the bill would do: The bill would make several changes to age-discrimination statutes, […]