By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation Inflation and economic concerns are boosting business for at least one industry—pawnbrokers. More people in Portland and the Willamette Valley are bringing jewelry, firearms, fancy purses, and other items to pawnbrokers to exchange for loans, cash, and other goods. When the economy dips into […]

By US Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Roy Blunt (D-MO) announced that their bipartisan Low Power Protection Act will soon become law, after it passed the House of Representatives on a voice vote. “The Low Power Protection Act is a bipartisan way to support diverse, locally […]

By US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently applying for and receiving Covid relief program funds for a fictitious business entity just five months after finishing a 70-month state prison sentence for armed robbery. Dimitrius Nicholai Pryce, 43, was sentenced […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, released the following statement regarding the IRS announcement that they will delay the expanded Form 1099-K reporting requirement for annual transactions in excess of $600 from online platforms like eBay, Etsy, Venmo, and CashApp. “The […]

By Oregon Business & Industry, Gas-Powered Car Ban: The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission on Dec. 19 approved a rule banning the sale of gasoline-powered cars, SUVs and light-duty trucks by 2035. According to The Oregonian, the Advanced Clean Cars II rule echoes a California rule requiring manufacturers to sell an […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation Home sales in Portland are dropping as mortgage rates soared to 7 percent, the highest rate on a 30-year fixed loan since 2022, according to the Portland Business Journal. Home sales in the metro area dropped 38 percent in October from the same month […]

By Oregon Attorney General Press Release, In a monumental year for public health-related legal settlements, including last week’s nearly $700 million settlement with Monsanto over PCB contamination in Oregon, the Oregon Department of Justice has recently signed onto eight multi-state agreements with companies that either distributed, produced or sold opioids, […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Business owners should prepare themselves to better protect the private information of consumers and employees under new laws taking effect in 2023 in California and other states. California voters this year passed the California Privacy Rights Act, a ballot initiative that takes effect Jan. […]

By National Retail Federation The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Relations David French following the inclusion of the “Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces (INFORM) for Consumers Act” in year-end congressional omnibus legislation. “On behalf of the retail industry, we […]

Wyden Calls for Transparency on Government Hacking of Americans’ Devices — Wyden Requests FBI Policies, Legal Justifications for Use of Malware Made by NSO and Other Foreign Hacking Tools, Statistics on How Many Devices and People Are Hacked Annually By US Senator Ron Wyden, Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ron […]