By Cascade Policy Institute By now Oregon voters have received their ballots for the November 5 election. One of the items in the Portland region is Measure 26-203: a $475 million bond measure by Metro, the regional government for the Portland area. Adding in interest and other costs, Measure 26-203 […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Google, released a new study today on the economic impact of U.S. small business exports. The study examines the current economic contributions of small business exporters, common obstacles small businesses face when exporting, and the role technology can […]

By Oregon Employment Department, According to the 2013-2017 five-year ACS estimates (the most current available), Oregon had roughly 2.1 million people between the ages of 25 and 64. Of them, 236,000 were of Hispanic or Latino origin, while the state’s non-Hispanic population in the same prime working age range totaled […]

Oregon Attorney General Office, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit against the Vancouver, Washington company U.S. Air Ducts, its owners and their associated companies for violating Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act (UTPA) by using deceptive marketing practices to make over 11 million unwanted robocalls to Oregon phone numbers and […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial, Amazon prides itself on progressive values, but it has discovered that it’s tough to do business under Seattle’s progressive government. The company is now spending big to elect a more business-friendly City Council on Nov. 5 in a test of whether the left or the far […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, Restaurants Unlimited, a Seattle based company operating 35 upscale and casual restaurants in six states, is one of the latest casualties of recent hikes in the minimum wage. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July. In bankruptcy documents, chief restructuring officer David […]

By NFIB, The United States House of Representatives passed a bill  that would put America’s small business owners’ personally identifiable information at unprecedented risk and cost them billions of dollars and millions of hours in paperwork. The Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (H.R. 2513), which passed the House 249-173 attempts […]

By Bob Clark, Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation Back in the year 2012, world oil prices are still at a peak and California is preparing to launch in 2013 its Cap and Trade Program to reduce CO2 emissions. Not to fall behind California, Oregon state politicians earlier this year (2019) […]

By Oregon Employment Department, In September, Oregon’s total nonfarm payroll employment added 200 jobs, following a loss of 900 jobs in August. Job gains have cooled recently, averaging only 100 per month over the past five months. This flat economic trend is in contrast to gains that averaged 3,000 jobs […]

US Senator Ron Wyden, America still imports nearly a million barrels a day, while we send 3 million barrels a day overseas Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), have reintroduced legislation to reinstate the ban on sending American crude oil abroad. “The math simply […]