By Oregon Employment Department, The labor force consists of all residents 16 and older who are employed or who are unemployed and actively seeking work. The numbers of employed and unemployed people are determined primarily by a monthly survey of about 60,000 households nationwide, including roughly 1,000 in Oregon. To […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial, The right-thinking progressives who rule Sacramento aren’t satisfied with punishing business with high taxes and costly regulation. Now they want to dictate to shareholders the gender of whom they can elect as corporate directors. This imposition on business management passed the state Senate last month 23-9 […]

By Miller, Nash, Graham & Dunn, Oregon law firm The Oregon Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Oregon Psychiatric Partners, LLP v Henry, 293 Or App 471 (2018). The opinion is a helpful reminder that a court retains the power to use its “blue pencil” to convert an unenforceable […]

Timothy A. Duy Director, Oregon Economic Forum Department of Economics, University of Oregon The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to 0.98 in July from an upwardly revised June reading of 1.06. Highlights of this month’s report include: – The moving average measure, which smooths out the volatility, stood at […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released its Privacy Principles, which focus on the critical importance of promoting innovation and economic growth, and the responsible, transparent use of data. The U.S. Chamber worked extensively with its broad membership and found that a clear, single set of […]

US Attorney Release, David Reichert, 51, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today to 13 months in federal prison for using his position as a Nike salesman to procure heavily-discounted Nike-brand merchandise for resale by two companies he co-owned with a business partner. According to court documents, as a Nike […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, After 10 workers at a Burgerville restaurant in Portland pinned “Abolish Ice” and “No one is illegal” buttons on their clothing in August, the Pacific Northwest fast-food chain quickly put in writing a policy banning any personal or political messages on uniforms.   The issue […]

By Cascade Employers Association, In times of need, there are always people who will step up and offer to help. A lot of times, it’s those who are closest to us, but sometimes it’s complete strangers or someone we have worked with, but never really got to know. One of […]

By Josh Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released the latest quarterly economic and revenue forecast. For the full document, slides and forecast data please see our main website. Below is the forecast’s Executive Summary. While economic growth continues and nearly all leading indicators […]

By US Chamber of Commerce, Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Global Energy Institute, issued the following statement regarding EPA’s proposed Affordable Clean Energy Rule on electric power plants, which replaces the Clean Power Plan issued by the previous administration: “The Chamber believes that the global climate […]