By Oregon Tax News, It’s more expensive than ever to live in Portland, the cost to buy a house rose 20 percent last year, nearly triple the inflation rate of 7.5 percent, according to Anytime Estimate. That places Portland 11th among metro areas in regards to rising home prices with […]

By NFIB, The labor shortage continues to be a major challenge for small businesses as owners compete for workers, according to NFIB’s monthly jobs report. Twenty-two percent of owners reported that labor quality was their top business problem, in second place behind inflation. Eight percent of owners cited labor costs […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office economic Analysis, Oregon’s economy mirrors the nation during the pandemic. Our employment trends, unemployment rate, income growth and the like are right there with the national averages. This is unusual in the sense that Oregon is typically much more volatile than the U.S. We fall […]

By Congressman Peter DeFazio Press Release, Legislation comes following report from anti-corruption watchdog group that shows largest oil and gas companies made an eye-popping $205 billion in 2021 Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04) introduced the Stop Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act. This legislation would create a windfall profit tax […]

By Oregon Business and Industry, Over the past two years, Oregonians grew weary of well-intended but often damaging executive orders that closed places of employment, deprived people of work and compelled businesses to enforce masking rules in the face of resistance by customers and employees. Unfortunately, Oregon OSHA is once […]

BY Oregon Small Business Association Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that requires retailers in Oregon to accept cash. The measure, Senate Bill 1565, excluded transactions such as those at farmers markets, roadside stands, and aboard airplanes, and it allows businesses to refuse to take coins for purchases of […]

By National Restaurant Association National Restaurant Association and State Partners Warn IRS that ERTC Filing Backlog Creating Cash Flow Issues for Restaurants Associations ask for greater transparency and certainty as restaurant industry continues to face COVID-19-related financial challenges. Washington, D.C. – The National Restaurant Association and the 52 State Restaurant […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis It’s the first one in a couple of years that might actually feel like Spring Break. COVID cases and hospitalizations are low, masks are off if you want, and household finances remain strong. There is definitely some pent-up demand for travel, entertainment […]

By Oregon US Attorney, Press Release Salem Area Drug Trafficker and Ghost Gun Manufacturer Indicted in Federal Court 68 firearms and dozens of firearm components seized in raids targeting defendant PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment today charging a Salem, Oregon man for distributing counterfeit oxycodone […]

By Oregon US Senator Ron Wyden, Wyden Requests Investigation of ICE Bulk Surveillance of Money Transfers Homeland Security Ended Participation in Massive Database Following Questions from Wyden Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called for an investigation of a previously secret surveillance program which collected millions of money […]