By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Social media has given small businesses a way to vent everyday frustrations. This was found especially true as nearly 3,000 people have liked a story about a Portland doughnut shop confronting thieves who stole a coffee mug. Here is a synopsis of the story […]

Oregon retailers need help in drug, theft law reforms By Oregon Prosperity Project A panel of retail and law enforcement representatives discussed recent trends related to drug laws, sentencing reform and retail theft at the Council of State Retail Association’s (CSRA) Annual Meeting in Portland earlier this month.

Retailers Cite Equifax As Need For Uniform Data Breach Law J. Craig Shearman National Retail Federation “Hackers do not discriminate as to the type of business they attack.” The National Retail Federation and other industry associations are telling Congress that any new federal law on data breach notification should apply […]

Governor Brown Wants Oregonians to “Take One for the Global Team” over CO2 By John A. Charles, Jr. Cascade Policy Institute Oregon Governor Kate Brown has announced her intention to pass legislation in the short session of 2018 to place a regulatory limit on emissions of carbon dioxide by large […]

Oregon Payrolls Dropped 9,500 Jobs in August Via Oregon Workforce and Economic Information In August, Oregon’s nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 9,500 jobs, following a revised gain of 7,400 in July. This was the first seasonally adjusted decline in seven months.

Whose Money Is Your Oregon Kicker Refund? By Steve Buckstein and Kathryn Hickok Cascade Policy Institute State economists have confirmed that individual Oregon income taxpayers will receive kicker refunds next year. Based on the May revenue forecast, more than $463 million will be returned to taxpayers as a credit on […]

Rescission of DACA and the Impact on Employers By Tyler Volm Barran Liebman  The Trump Administration announced that it is ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program put in place under President Obama in 2012. DACA allows people who arrived in the United States as undocumented immigrant children […]

New Post-Implementation Data Indicates Investors Are Worse Served By U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released new research that shows the harmful, unintended consequences of the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule.

Impact of Natural Disasters By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Parts of Houston are still flooded. Florida looks to be next. Fires burn across the west. As our lungs here in Oregon fill with smoke, I am finding myself rereading some literature on natural disasters. What follows are […]

Revenue Forecast Illustrates Oregon’s Fiscal Insanity Via The Oregon Prosperity Project Last week’s revenue forecast from the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis officially closed the books on the 2015-17 biennium. And the final chapter underscored the insanity of Oregon’s current fiscal system. Revenue increased more than 15% during the biennium. […]