By Josh Lehner Oregon office of Economic Analysis, The inflationary economic boom continues. The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace last year since the early 1980s. This is true even after adjusting for the current bout of high inflation. More of the same is expected this year. Labor […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Although a beast on the football field, former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch yielded to a Portland chef in a battle over the name of his new restaurant. Last fall, Lynch and Hawaiian chef Kevin Kama’aina leased property at 1445 S.W. Broadway in […]

By Oregon Business and Industry “The March revenue forecast shows that tax collections continue to exceed previous forecasts,” said OBI President and CEO Angela Wilhelms Feb. 9. “Meanwhile, general fund revenue for the current biennium is expected to top the December forecast by almost $790 million, bringing the total biennial […]

  By Christine M. Zinter Bullard Law, With tax season right around the corner, employers may find themselves suddenly fielding inquiries about two new Portland taxes that became effective January 1, 2021 and will first be due April 15, 2022. In May 2020, voters in the greater Portland Metropolitan District* […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation Nike, a Portland-based sportswear giant, has filed a federal trademark infringement and counterfeiting lawsuit against anonymous resellers pushing fake products on online sites like Amazon and eBay. In a lawsuit filed Jan. 31 in the U.S. Northern District Court in Illinois, where Nike says […]

By Oregon Employment Department, In December 2021, all of Oregon’s 36 counties experienced over-the-month decreases in their unemployment rates. Eight counties experienced a 0.3 percentage point decrease or more over the month including Clatsop, Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, and Wasco counties. Grant County had Oregon’s highest seasonally […]

By Portland Business Alliance, The Alliance just released the results of a public opinion poll, conducted by DHM Research, designed to better understand the attitudes of voters throughout the region about key concerns, jobs and the economy. For more information, contact: [email protected] Key Findings 88% of voters polled say that […]

By NFIB, A historic number of small businesses are struggling to increase their workforce, according to NFIB’s monthly jobs report. A net 50% (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reported raising compensation, up two points from December and a 48-year record high reading. A net 27% plan to raise compensation […]

By Bill MacKenzie, That’s my advice to Oregonians considering going to a pop-up Covid testing site operated by GS Labs, an Omaha, Nebraska–based company. I took a break Friday morning and stopped by the GS Labs pop-up site at a former restaurant 10935 SW 68th Parkway (Google says this is […]

Current Status of Federal & State Vaccine Rules for Healthcare Employers By Natalie Pattison & Amy Angel Barran Law NW Law Firm, Healthcare employers in Oregon take note: the Oregon Health Authority (“OHA”) filed a permanent rule keeping in place vaccination requirements in healthcare settings, and enforcement begins for the […]