Video series: David Nisbet, glass kiln manufacturer
Click on the video to watch the fourth installment of “Oregon at Work,” an OB original video series.
Year: 2017
Morning Roundup
Oregon considers gross receipts tax, state greenlights mega-dairy and Wyden, Merkley fight for rural air service.
How green really are tall timber buildings?
Our coverage of Portland’s Mass Timber conference week continues, with a recap of a panel discussion on the environmental impacts of cross-laminated timber.
Arnerich Massena Announces Chris Van Dyke, CFA, CAIA, Promoted to Senior Consultant
Portland-based investment firm Arnerich Massena announced today that Chris Van Dyke, CFA, CAIA, has been promoted to a senior consultant position in the firm. As a senior consultant, Chris Van Dyke consults to public, private, and not-for-profit organizations in the firm’s institutional group. He brings experience to all aspects of investment consultant and provides expertise … Read more
Morning Roundup
Oregon senators propose federal marijuana reform, Governor fires DEQ commission members and PeaceHealth cuts 85 more jobs.
Legislative update: PERS, pot and electric vehicles
As the 2017 legislative session heads past the halfway mark, it’s crunch time for many bills awaiting time on the floor.
Morning Roundup
Legislature considers equal pay, Tobias Read changes his mind about Elliott Forest and Oregon Promise lands additional funding.
Nonprofits survey to get “equity” makeover
Managers at the Nonprofit Association of Oregon have embarked on a year-long effort to train staff on a new workplace ethic that is transforming how nonprofits operate.
Morning Roundup
County not worried about Sessions’ threat, Portland plans for Centennial Mills redevelopment and Umpqua Forest sale paused.
‘More Manufacturers Needed’ to Jumpstart Mass Timber Industry
I caught the tail end of yesterday’s Mass Timber Summit, a Business Oregon-sponsored event timed to coincide but not to be confused with the much larger Mass Timber Conference that starts today in the Oregon Convention Center.