By Oregon State University Press Release, After two years of delays because of problems with a seismometer instrument, NASA’s InSight Mission apparently has successfully landed on Mars today to explore the deep interior of the planet, about which scientists know little. Oregon State University atmospheric scientists assisted with the planning […]

Timothy A. Duy Director, Oregon Economic Forum Department of Economics, University of Oregon The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity fell to 0.63 in September from an upwardly revised July reading of 0.70. Highlights of this month’s report include: – Building permits continued to decline on the back of softer construction […]

By Oregon Brewers Guild On October 9, an innovative refillable bottle being used by Oregon craft beverage makers took top honors in the sustainability category at the Glass Packaging Institute’s (GPI) annual Clear Choice Awards. The new BottleDrop Refill bottle is by far the most environmentally sustainable option available for […]

by Peter Jones, CFA Vice President of Research Ferguson Wellman Capitol Management, Oregon As the U.S. expansion draws closer to becoming the longest on record, a number of economic and political risks have emerged or intensified in recent months, leading to global equity market weakness. This has investors, economists and […]

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, Release, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley asked the country’s two largest private immigration detention contractors for information about their compliance with federal immigration detention standards. The letters from Wyden, Merkley and nine other senators to contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic follows a troubling report […]

By Jim Miller, Oregon writer This week Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read announced that his office is joining a coalition of investors and money managers to help advance a 5-point plan for gun manufacturers and firearm related companies. The coalition controls over $4.8 trillion in managed funds.  With billions in […]

By Josh Lerner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Current economic growth remains strong. Nearly all leading indicators are flashing green, signaling solid gains in the near-term. However, the economy is set to slow moving forward for a number of reasons. First, growth must slow to a more sustainable rate. As […]

By Oregon Attorney General Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum  filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald J. Trump and acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker asserting that the federal government should not be permitted to force the State of Oregon to cooperate with their federal […]

National Small Business Association The National Small Business Association (NSBA) earlier voted on its Top Ten Priorities for the 116th Congress, a result of the Small Business Congress in Washington, D.C. Small businesses voted to make reining-in the costs of health care their number one priority for Congress and the […]

By Gabrielle Hansen & Nicole Elgin Barran Leibman Public employers with twenty or fewer employees take note: in its first opinion of the 2018-2019 term, the Supreme Court ruled in Mount Lemmon Fire District v. John Guido that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) applies to all governmental employers […]