By Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association The ORLA professional team led by Steve Scardina and Terry Hopkins in their regions of the state and supported by Greg Astley, Tom Perrick, and Glenda Hamstreet in our Government Affairs Department are working hard to defeat meals taxes appearing on the November ballot […]

By Paula Barran & Bruce Garrett Barran Liebman, Oregon Law Firm The Oregon Employment Department announced that a new temporary unemployment benefit availability rule will take effect next week. It is intended to clarify eligible requirements for workers who must work around child care responsibilities, and will likely result in […]

By National Federation of Independent Business, The NFIB Research Center released its latest COVID-19 survey on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected small businesses. This is the 19th survey in the series and includes updates on supply chain disruptions, staffing shortages, sales levels, and more. The survey was conducted from […]

US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, A Baker City, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently converting to his own personal use federal money intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The parties stipulated to a two-year prison sentence for Jeremy Clawson, 32. At their […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economci Analysis What you need to know: The allowable rent increase for the 2022 calendar year is 9.9%. See our office’s Rent Stabilization page for more, including a downloadable spreadsheet with all the data. I know some of you may be scratching your heads […]

By Oregon Restaurant Association, Win for Lottery Retailers / Vaccine Mandates / EIDL Updates Win for Lottery Retailers – ORLA’s membership includes a segment that cares deeply about the association’s advocacy for lottery retailer issues. ORLA in partnership with many other stakeholders was able to secure a win with the […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Portland worked hard to nab a location for the NCAA women’s Final Four but lost their bid as it was awarded to Tampa in 2025 and Phoenix in 2026. In Baseball, Las Vegas looks like a winner—and Portland a loser—in the effort to recruit the […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, sent a letter yesterday to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh regarding President Biden’s recent rule that requires all companies with 100 or more employees get their employees vaccinated, tested, or fired. The letter can be […]

Tim Duy, University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators September 7, 2021 Below is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for July 2021. The release date is September 7, 2021. Special thanks to our sponsor, KeyBank. In July the Oregon economy continued to recover from last […]

By Josh Lehner, Office of Economic Analysis Coming out of the Great Recession it was the nation’s largest urban areas that turned around first. Being home to the most diversified economies also meant less exposure to housing and government, the two biggest drags last cycle. In part due to the […]