Oregon taxpayers could get a kicker as state revenue exceeds expectations
An improved revenue stream for the state could allow a refund that comes in the form of a tax credit.
Oregon Business Team
Senate votes to end Cover Oregon
The Department of Consumer Business Services would absorb the state’s failed insurance exchange.
Portland-based women’s apparel startup reaches $50k Kickstarter benchmark
Society Nine, which makes products for women in mixed martial arts, reached its goal by securing donations from 548 backers.
10 quotes explaining crisis at Port of Portland
BY JACOB PALMER | OB DIGITAL NEWS EDITOR
The ongoing labor disputes at the Port of Portland came to a head two weeks ago when Hanjin, the container port’s largest client, notified its customers it would be ending its direct route to Oregon.
TriMet announces plans for $1.6M of improvements
The public transit provider announced 18 bus lines will be adjusted in hopes of decreasing crowding and delays.
Zillow: Racial divide in US housing ‘largely unchanged for more than a century’
Study finds whites own houses at 28 more percentage points than blacks in 1900, 2014.
The Dalles Rep: Avoid ‘knee-jerk’ bills in wake of Kitzhaber scandal
Republican won’t support legislation that doesn’t address specific issues.
Adidas launches search for new CEO; Under Armour strikes deal with Ali
BLOOMBERG: Sneaker company’s board begins its hunt for a successor to Herbert Hainer.
Feds: Wal-Mart biased against lesbians
ASSOCIATED PRESS: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in favor of Jacqueline Cote for being “treated differently and denied benefits because of sex.”
Americans pocketing gas savings instead of bolstering economy
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Five-year-low gas prices have not pumped up the economy the way some analysts predicted.