By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) this week introduced the College Athletes Bill of Rights, comprehensive legislation that would change the landscape of college sports and protect and expand the rights of college […]

By Oregon Hispanic Business Association, As children, Jose Gonzalez and his five siblings picked strawberries and other produce every summer outside Woodburn, Ore., to help support their family. Today, he’s founding president of the Latino Business Alliance, a member of the Salem City Council, and owner of Tu Casa Real […]

By US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, The former owner and chief financial officer of Zadeh Kicks LLC, a now-defunct Oregon corporation that sold limited edition and collectible sneakers online, made their first appearances in federal court today after being charged with perpetrating a fraud scheme that allegedly cost customers […]

Photo: The #OBIRoadshow kicked off this morning with a visit to Intel and a tour of Oregon’s booming Silicon Forest. We learned what makes Oregon a world-leading R&D site for the semiconductor industry and how those investments help the entire state. Follow along for more stories as we travel more […]

National Association of Manufacturers, The proposed “book tax” in the Senate’s reconciliation bill “would overwhelmingly hit U.S. manufacturers,” according to a new analysis by the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress’s non-partisan tax scorekeeper. What’s going on: The reconciliation bill, the outline of which was released Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader […]

By Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) joined the House in passing historic bipartisan legislation to invest in U.S. economic competitiveness by strengthening the nation’s scientific enterprise and supply chains. The bill has already passed the Senate. The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act will support domestic semiconductor manufacturing, accelerate […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis We know the economy needs to cool to bring inflation down. It’s the reason the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and are expected to continue to do so in the months ahead. Inflation is not costless, and as Federal Reserve Chair Powell […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, Beer lovers who relish rare brews can indulge their passions while raising money to help young people in Portland facing homelessness. The 11th Annual Brews for New Avenues takes place from 1 to 8 p.m. Aug. 27 at The Redd on Salmon Street, 831 S.E. […]

Committee to pass the Oregon Senior Property Tax Freeze Act Press Release, Oregon Senate, House Republican Legislators File Ballot Measure to Freeze Property Taxes for Seniors Senators Bill Kennemer (R-Oregon City) and Kim Thatcher (R-Keizer), along with Representatives Cedric Hayden (R-Fall Creek) and Raquel Moore-Green (R-Salem) launched a ballot measure, […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, sent a letter of support to the U.S. Senate supporting S. 2992, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, an antitrust bill that seeks to ensure a level playing field and choice for small […]