The scourge of wasteful packaging
Amazon, Starbucks and other large corporations could do a lot more to reduce cardboard and plastic.
Morning Roundup: $1M in unclaimed tax refunds; Biketown winning the race
In today’s OB news roundup, tax refunds languish, Portland bikesharing numbers soar and Bend grapples with an archetypal Oregon challenge.
News roundup: State beats back Oracle; Suttle Lake Lodge near Sisters re-opens
Oregon beats back Oracle while the Suttle Lake Lodge re-opens.
A conversation with Oregon’s new Mexican consul general
Francisco Maass Peña talks about tourism and mobile consular services — but stays mum on Trump.
Keep on Buckin’
The Pendleton Round-Up hopes co-branding and concessions to modern sensitivities will keep the iconic rodeo vital for years to come.
Morning Roundup: A pot bonanza; Bend has love-hate relationship with tourists
Marijuana taxes swell state coffers, while the city of Bend wants tourists to volunteer in the community.
Storyteller-in-Chief: Sculpting the city
A Portland developer argues the city should hire a “Chief Creative Officer” as a way of incorporating art, and artists, into public policy decisions.
Lane Powell Contributes to the World Law Group’s Global Guide to Whistleblowing Programs
Lane Powell Shareholders Julie Engbloom and Darin Sands co-authored the U.S. Section of the World Law Group’s (WLG) 2016 edition of the Global Guide to Whistleblowing Programs (“Guide”). The chapter outlines applicable data protection laws and guidelines covering a wide variety of topics related to whistleblower protection laws and provisions at both the federal and … Read more
News roundup: a second ped/bike bridge comes to PDX; Coos Bay grows entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs flourish on the South Coast, while the Pearl District in Portland will see a new bike/pedestrian bridge.
Stock market rally: Party Like It’s 1999
Tech boom drives stock rally nationally, but Intel doesn’t share the love.