By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s unemployment rate declined to 3.3 percent in January, the lowest on comparable records dating back to 1976. The December unemployment rate was revised downward to 3.4 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in January. Annual revisions to the labor force data show that […]

(Photo: WildFang T-shirt) By Oregon Small Business Association, Wildfang, a company started in Portland in 2013, has filed a lawsuit against Target alleging the department store chain’s new Wild Fable clothing line infringes on its trademark. In a lawsuit filed Feb. 4 in the U.S. District Court of Oregon, Wildfang […]

Oregon US Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement on reports that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will fine wireless companies for failing to protect users’ location data: “Based on today’s news reports, it seems clear Chairman Pai has failed to protect American consumers at […]

By Rachel Dawson Cascade Policy Institute The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), the agency charged with building and maintaining the city’s transportation system, is shifting the responsibility of improving traffic congestion away from itself and onto individual residents. This was made apparent in a recently released 2018 report provided by […]

By National Federation Independent Business, NFIB issued the following statement from Karen Harned, Executive Director of the NFIB Small Business Legal Center in response to the National Labor Relation Board’s final rule, governing the joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act: “Uncertainty costs small businesses precious time and money, […]

Josh Lehner Oregon office of Economic Analysis Like the nation overall, Oregon is transitioning down to more sustainable rates of growth. Job gains are roughly in-line with what underlying demographics suggest the state needs to hold the unemployment rate steady. Eventually the cyclical drivers of growth will slow further and […]

By Allen Alley Article from Oregon Transformation Newsletter It seems like every year Oregon Democrats have another new billion dollar tax. In 2019, we got the billion-dollar annual “Corporate Activity Tax” (aka Sales Tax). The year 2020 brings us a new “Cap and Trade” system (aka energy tax). Why on […]

Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) spoke at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing entitled: “Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving Automotive Technologies.” This hearing comes after Walden led the effort last Congress to pass landmark legislation to pave the way for self-driving cars. The […]

US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, On January 22, 2020, Kristopher Ives, 33, of Portland, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for illegally accessing the computer network and data of his former employer, Gearbox Studios, after being terminated. According to […]

Oregon Attorney General, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum released a “Do Not Click” campaign to educate Oregonians about staying safe online. She is hoping to alert people to the dangers of clicking on links that appear to be legitimate—but are not. Scammers may pretend to be an official organization, bank, […]