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 […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Job seekers beware. Scammers are after your money and your personal information. The Better Business Bureau has reported an increase in employment scams as the holiday season approaches and more people seek temporary jobs to bring in extra cash. Since January, North Americans have […]

US Attorney, Oregon district, Release Pamela S. Hediger, 55, of Corvallis, Oregon, pleaded guilty to one count each of attempting to evade or defeat taxes and engaging in monetary transactions with property derived from specified unlawful activity. “Pamela Hediger used her position of trust to steal large sums of money […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, An academic hit job by researchers from Denmark and the University of California at Berkeley suggest that companies such as Nike (Facebook, Apple, Google also cited) are taking advantage of so-called “tax havens” to cause billions of dollars of income go “missing.” Their conclusions […]