The President’s Jobs Bill doesn’t have a chance in Congress — and the Occupiers on Wall Street and elsewhere can’t become a national movement for a more equitable society – unless more Americans know the truth about the economy, says Robert Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley.
Oregon’s solar energy industry employs more than 3,300 workers, making it eighth nationwide for solar jobs.
The number of temporary holiday jobs in Portland is up for the first time in several years.
Collections on property taxes in Central Oregon are expected to be down this year for the first time since 1997.
Oregon’s largest hospitals are feeling the effects of having their Medicaid payments reduced by 15% due to budget cuts.
Portland’s leading mayoral candidates mostly agreed in their answers to a questionnaire by the Portland Business Alliance.
Although Medford-based Harry & David emerged from bankruptcy in September, the company is still struggling.
Sen. Ron Wyden issued a policy paper about how China subsidizing solar panels is costing the U.S. jobs.
Hop Valley Brewing Co. is the first of the Eugene-Springfield microbreweries to embrace aluminum cans, a growing trend in the industry.
REI plans to open a store in Medford early next year, causing mixed emotions from local shoppers.