U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement in response to the administration’s announcement relating to Cuba and Title III of the LIBERTAD Act: “Six decades of trying to isolate Cuba has failed to bring change to the island, and today’s move only doubles down […]

By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon-made products have secured a spot on store shelves around the country, and even the world. Some of these products have obvious Oregon roots, tasty things like marionberry jam, cheese, fine wines, and beers that say ‘Oregon’ right on the label. Some Oregon-made products remain out […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, A much praised and watched Oregon based animation company, Laika, just ran into it’s first film flop after a series of successful hits. “Missing Link,” the latest movie by Hillsboro-based animation company Laika, grossed $5.8 million during its opening weekend—$10 million less than the company’s […]

By Taxpayer Foundation of Oregon Capitol Update Series Most of the proposed paid family leave bills died midway through the Oregon Legislature, but one remains—and it’s likely to hurt small businesses. Many lawmakers have been making a promise to provide workers with paid family leave for births, adoptions, and other […]

Congressman Peter DeFazio, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio urged federal regulators to provide additional time for public comment on a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG Project. In the Oregon lawmakers’ letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee, […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial The Democratic competition to bleed the rich has become fierce. If progressives aren’t satisfied with Elizabeth Warren’s proposed “wealth tax” of 3% a year, AOC’s 70% income tax, Bernie Sanders’s 77% estate tax, or Rep. John Larson’s uncapped payroll-tax increase of 2.4 percentage points, they now […]

By NFIB, NFIB, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement on behalf of President and CEO Juanita D. Duggan following the release of the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, introduced today by United States Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), which makes the Small Business Deduction permanent. The […]

Jan Esler Rowe Cascade Cigar & Tobacco Happy Valley Oregon A letter in response to the cigar tax increase hearing (HB 2158 ) in the State Capitol this week: We opened our cigar shop in 1992.

Josh Lehner Oregon Economic Analysis Oregon’s income gains this expansion are among the best in the nation, as our office has highlighted in recent years. The state’s median household income now matches the U.S. for the first time since the mills started closing in the 1980s. The single largest factor […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, The Service Employees International Union 49 has added 800 employees to its membership rolls after a vote by Providence Portland Medical Center workers in December—a tally counted and recounted over two months and decided by one vote. The initial vote showed SEIU 49, one of […]