By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden In an effort to significantly improve the oversight and accountability of the nation’s intelligence community, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, (D-Ore.) and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) spearheaded a bipartisan, bicameral effort to strengthen the government’s privacy protection board. The legislation gives the oversight board greater […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog The number of homes sold across the U.S. was up and the highest in six years, according to the latest data released this morning. That’s good. While the overall housing market, particularly on the ownership and construction side of things, stalled […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce We are always interested in telling stories about America’s small businesses, which is why when we heard that stores on either side of a California mall were subject to two completely different minimum wage laws, we were intrigued, to say the least. The mall in question, […]

By Technology Association of Oregon. The Oregonian offered a couple eye-opening articles this week that captures news of encouraging trends in our local tech economy. State employment figures released last week indicate that Oregon tech employment in August reached its highest level in 12 years, matching levels last seen in […]

By Oregon Brewers Guild A recently completed study estimates the economic impact of the 2014 Oregon Brewers Festival (OBF) at $32.5 Million, a 3.8 percent increase from the 2013 festival. Jeff Dense, Professor of Political Science at Eastern Oregon University, and a team of students and volunteers administered 759 on-site […]

By Oregon — American Automobile Association “Retail gas prices are moving down in most markets, however the Oregon average is once again the third most expensive in the country after spending the last two weeks in fourth place. For the week, the national average for regular unleaded falls a nickel […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog For the past few years our friends over at the Department of Revenue, Research Division have been providing us with more detailed information based on tobacco wholesaler tax forms for non-cigarette products. Cigarettes still dominate tobacco tax revenues across the country […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Voters strongly oppose action to retroactively limit tax inversions, according to a new poll released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Fair Reform for Growth” campaign. The nationwide survey of likely voters, conducted by Purple Insights, also found that when it comes to changing U.S […]

By Media Plus, Washington Media firm Washington State Department of Labor & Industries kicks off a fall campaign that encourages employers to offer light duty work to injured workers. The Stay at Work program provides Washington state employers financial incentives to get workers back to work, allowing them to keep […]

By Seneca Sawmill, Eugene Aaron Jones, founder of Seneca Sawmill Company and a long-time Eugene resident, died on Monday, September 22, 2014. He was 92 years old. Jones was a prominent industry leader for more than 50 years, guiding the family-owned sawmills in the West through bruising battles with special-interest […]