Budget Holes and New Taxes By Anthony K. Smith National Federation of Independent Business State economists recently released Oregon’s May Revenue Forecast. This is the official report that policymakers use to balance the state budget, so these projections will have a very real impact on the decisions that are made […]

  Governor Signs Sweeping Pay Equity Law Barran Liebman Attorneys By Anthony D. Kuchulis and Andrew M. Narus Oregon Governor Brown signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 2017 to address pay disparities among women, minorities, and other protected classes.

  The case of the missing transit money Cascade Policy Institute By John A. Charles, Jr. Last week the TriMet Board adopted a budget for fiscal year 2018, which begins on July 1. As usual, the budget shows no correlation between the levels of subsidies given to TriMet and the […]

Small Business Applauds SCOTUS for Curbing Lawsuit Venue Shopping High Court says plaintiffs can sue companies only in states where they’ve been injured or where the company resides: no more shopping around for the best odds Jack Mozloom, NFIB The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) welcomed a U.S. Supreme […]

About That #1 Revenue Growth By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis  You’ve seen it, I’ve seen it, we’ve all seen it. Oregon leads the nation in revenue growth. It sounds reasonable doesn’t it? Oregon’s economy is more volatile overall and generally outperforms the typical state. In recent years […]

by Mark Hester Associated Oregon Industries After almost a year of deliberations that included a statewide tour for public meetings and dozens of committee and subcommittee meetings, the Joint Committee on Transportation Preservation and Modernization this week unveiled a draft transportation plan. There is no question that Oregon needs to […]

    Reasons for Unemployment in Oregon Oregon Workforce and Economic Information There are four major categories of the unemployed, based on a reason for unemployment:

  Agriculture’s Impact on Rural Employment Oregon Workforce and Economic Information The Employment Department has released a new special report: The Employment Landscape of Rural Oregon. This is the third in a series of posts about several key takeaway points from the report.

States at Full Employment, A Prime-Age EPOP Story Oregon Office OF Economic Analysis By Josh Lehner The key economic question economists are trying to answer today is whether or not the U.S. economy is at full employment. Given it is more a concept then a hard calculation, you look for […]

  Retailers: ‘A Lot of Work Ahead’ For Health Care Reform by Treacy Reynolds, NFR The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Vice President for health care policy Neil Trautwein, following the Congressional Budget Office’s release of its latest score for the American Health Care Act. The score measures […]