By Oregon Small Business Association, The Oregon legislature is planning a new expansive employment law that deals with how employers schedule their workers. The new law makes it both more difficult and more expensive to schedule employees. Version of the law would likely include: A requirement that employers provide work […]

By Jabob Grier, Portland Writer Cocktail consultant, magician, blogger. Liquidity Preference Blog My latest story for Reason looks at how some of the biggest names in craft beer are raking in millions of dollars in public subsidies to fund their expansion: “Virginia is for beer lovers,” Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) […]

By Bullard Law, Portland law firm “This place will fall apart without me.” I think we have all heard words to that effect, whether due to an oversized view of value or as an excuse not to take time off of work for vacation. In today’s (fictional) mailbag, The Bullard […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Amanda Eversole, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Advanced Technology (CATI), issued the following statement today regarding House passage of the “Email Privacy Act”: “We applaud the House for passing this legislation, which makes necessary updates to the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, modernizing […]

Drug assistance program intended for the poor should go to the poor. Not pad profits for hospitals and pharmacies By David Darnell Many government programs are intended to help Americans in need, but some of them are more effective at it than others. In other cases, programs start out with […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm By Damien T. Munsinger Oregon will become the first state in the nation with a tiered minimum wage on July 1, when a different minimum wage will apply in three different regions across the state:

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, In a response to requests from U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and their Senate colleagues, three federal agencies announced plans to release a determination this year about whether to reschedule marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department […]

By Oregon NFIB, Last year, the Oregon Legislature passed HB 2960, the Oregon Retirement Savings Plan bill, which was signed into law by the governor. The bill created the Oregon Retirement Savings Board in the office of the State Treasurer and directs the Board to develop a payroll deduction retirement […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Bruce Josten issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s comments about tax inversions: “Punitive one-off ‘anti-inversion’ regulatory efforts make American companies even less competitive on the global playing field and will do little to stem the […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog While non-technology Oregon exports are plunging with declining global demand and the strong dollar, one category continues to see growth. Oregon’s alcohol exports reached an all-time high in 2015, led by the state’s breweries. According to various sources, our beer exports […]