Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate by Betsy Earls After three meetings, a work group convened to discuss increasing the minimum wage is still gathering information and may have only one more meeting before the February 2016 Legislative Session. The work group, which is chaired by Senator Michael Dembrow […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Migration is vital to Oregon’s economic health. It is one of the two primary reasons Oregon outperforms the typical state during an economic expansion. The other being our industrial structure. In both good times and bad, Americans want to live in […]

How One Port Could Have a Big Impact on Many Oregon Businesses By Oregon NFIB, The boom of global trade in recent years has led international companies to think bigger, and that means delivering their goods to bigger ports. Unfortunately for Oregon’s businesses, that often causes them to skip out […]

By National Retail Federation, According to a new survey released today by the National Retail Federation, the majority of U.S. consumers — 62 percent — believe new credit cards being issued by banks don’t go far enough to protect card data or prevent fraud. “Consumers are worried that chip-and-signature cards […]

By Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & Tongue Oregon Employers Need to Prepare for New “Ban the Box” Law Effective January 1, 2016, Oregon will become the latest state to limit the ability of employers to ask job applicants about prior criminal histories. HB 3025, signed by Gov. Kate Brown in […]

By NFIB, Despite job growth, the unemployment rate continues to surpass the national average. Oregon’s unemployment rate jumped from 5.5 to 5.9 percent in July, according to a recent state report. While below the 7.0 unemployment rate from a year ago, it still remains higher than the national average of […]

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A Damascus resident is gaining national attention for an unexpected $2 million phone bill which fits into a pttern of wildly erratic billing by the phone carrier. A phone carrier he only had for a short period of time. Fox News reports. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog With headline unemployment back to normal levels and the number of job vacancies at an all-time high, some are increasingly asking the question of where the labor will come from. This was a topic of conversation at our latest forecast release […]

By Bullard Law, Portland law firm By Michael G. McClory For good or ill, gay marriage inspires many people. They have strong feelings about it. Sometimes those strong feelings are grounded in religion and sometimes they are not. When the workplace is added to the mix, emotions tend to run […]