By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation Housing is the largest budget item for most households. In the broader economic picture, housing affordability impacts population migration and construction. It reduces existing home sales and new home starts. Even though housing prices have somewhat stabilized, rising interest rates have made homeownership less […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, A former Dallas Cowboys quarterback teamed up with Oregon State University’s beer and food science departments before launching his low-calorie, low-carb beer a year ago, according to the San Antonio Business Journal. Troy Aikman, who led the Cowboys to three Super Bowl championships, tried selling […]

By National Restaurant Association, Restaurants nationwide continued to boost employment with restaurants adding 24,800 jobs last month, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). With tens of thousands of jobs added every month so far this year, the industry continues to hold the job creator mantle […]

Massive revenue increases underscore impacts of inflation on taxpayers BY Oregon NFIB, SALEM, Ore., May 17, 2023— From Anthony Smith, Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), on today’s revenue forecast. Every three months, Oregon’s Office of Economic Analysis provides the State Legislature with an update […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, The Eastside Free Methodist Church of Salem could face a fine of up to $2.3 million after the Federal Communications Commission used direction-finding equipment to identify an illegal FM radio station broadcasting from property the church owns in Portland, according to TheDesk.net. In a letter, […]

Bonamici, Booker Introduce Consumer Protection Legislation to Help Taxpayers Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici Press Release WASHINGTON, DC [4/19/23] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced bicameral legislation to protect taxpayers from unscrupulous tax preparers. The Tax Refund Protection Act would prevent predatory preparers from skimming […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, A trial has begun in Portland in a $1.6 billion class-action lawsuit against PacifiCorp that blames the utility’s downed power lines for igniting several blazes that led to the 2020 Oregon Labor Day wildfires that killed nine people, damaged more than 5,000 buildings, and […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Business owners in Multnomah County pay far more in taxes than their counterparts across the Columbia River in Washington, and many wonder whether it’s worth it, according to the Portland Business Journal. In a newspaper survey, nearly half of business owners listed taxes and […]

By Dennis E. Westlind Bullard Law, On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a new rule which, if adopted, would ban U.S. employers from using non-compete agreements. In its notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPR”), the FTC sought public comment on the proposed rule. Bullard Law, through its […]

Oregon Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) recently cosponsored the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, a bipartisan and bicameral proposal that seeks to target the rise in organized retail crime gangs that have been wreaking havoc on retailers and threatening public safety. Specifically, the legislation establishes a coordinated multi-agency […]