By Portland Business Alliance Oregon’s education system is working toward achieving its ambitious 40-40-20 goal, which requires that by 2025, 40% of Oregonians have a degree from a 4-year college, an additional 40% have completed a 2-year college or certificate, and the remaining 20% have a high school degree or […]

By Jan Meekcoms Oregon NFIB Jan Meekcoms, Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, America’s largest and leading small-business association with 350,000 dues paying members across the nation, including 7,500 in Oregon, issued the following statement on today’s passage of H.R. 3 in the U.S. House of […]

By Jan Meekcoms Oregon NFIB Oregon’s congressional delegation was encouraged today to support a bipartisan bill that would make a huge corrective change in Obamacare, when it comes up for a vote Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 30 would clarify the work week as 40 hours, not […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate The Oregon Legislature released plans for the 2015 Legislative Session, including more than 50 Drafts (Legislative Concepts – LC) of bills that would: increase taxes for businesses and individuals across the state; create new employment requirements; and increase energy costs. A few notable […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Oregon just passed a big milestone in the recovery, having regained all of its lost jobs from the Great Recession. As we wrote last month: “Of course, reaching pre-recession levels is not an end goal, but it is an important milestone.” […]

By Portland Business Alliance The Clean & Safe District’s 2013 Business Census and Survey results, which were released today, show a positive upward trend in downtown Portland’s employment numbers as well as business growth in the retail, construction and technology sectors. According to the census, downtown Portland added 1,917 employees […]

Four Nike-Sponsored Teams Battle for College Football Playoff Title By NIKE, As we ring in the New Year, the best of the best will come together to crown an undisputed champion in the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship — a true quest to become untouchable. The competing schools, Alabama, […]

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden U.S. Senator Ron Wyden issued the following statement  praising President Obama’s announcement of new steps to open up relations with the Cuban people: “I applaud the President for today’s announcement and for taking these historic steps to normalize relations with Cuba. I have long believed that […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog Oregon’s employment is at an all-time high, according to the Oregon Employment Department.  More impressive, perhaps, is that November recorded an all time record increase in new jobs at 11,200.  The unemployment rate remains at 7.0% which is itself, ironically, a […]

By Steve Buckstien, Cascade Policy Institute In November, Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, and Tigard, Oregon joined Vancouver, Washington in welcoming ridesharing juggernaut Uber to operate legally in their cities. Conspicuously absent from this list was the region’s largest city, Portland, which became virtually surrounded by the smartphone app transit economy. Then, […]