Kill the Meeting

BY AMY MILSHTEIN

Meetings get a bad rap. A few local companies make them count.

Downtime

BY JESSICA RIDGWAY

Bob Dethlefs, CEO of Evanta, balances work and play.

A Complex Portrait: Immigration, Jobs and the Economy

BY JOE ROJAS-BURKE & KIM MOORE

Oregon Business reports on the visa squeeze, the skills gap and foreign-born residents who are revitalizing rural Oregon.

The Bookseller

BY AMY MILSHTEIN

Everyone knows college is expensive, but a look at the numbers brings that into sharp — and painful — focus.

Political Clout

BY KIM MOORE

Businesses spend billions of dollars each year trying to influence political decision makers by piling money into campaigns.

Shifting Ground

Bans on genetically modified crops create uncertainty for farmers.

I Know How You Feel

BY JESSICA RIDGWAY

Most smartphones come equipped with speech recognition systems like Siri or Cortana that are capable of understanding the human voice and putting words into actions. But what if smartphones could do more? What if smartphones could register feeling?

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Election Season

We didn’t intend this issue to have an election season theme. But politics has a way of seeping into the cracks and fissures.