Doug Badger serves as managing partner of Quinn Thomas Public Affairs in Portland and executive director of the Pacific Northwest International Trade Association, an organization that develops policies to support the region’s international trade activity.
BY JOSHUA HUNTWill rural Oregon cash in on legal marijuana?
Non-bike businesses help fuel a new cycling economy.
BY LINDA BAKERSen. Ron Wyden takes reins at Senate Finance Committee.
Travel itself is an export, and U.S. international travel and passenger-fare exports accounted for a record $180.7 billion in 2013, a 9% increase over 2012 and a $57.1 billion trade surplus per the U.S. Commerce Department.
BY NANCY ROMMELMANNAttorney Greg Kafoury fights for the people.
Drones to become Pendleton’s latest crop.
A 126-year-old brokerage stays relevant.
BY ERIC FLOWERSWhoever said “golf is a good walk spoiled” ought to meet Paul Hodge. Hodge is the 40-year-old CEO of Bend-based GolfBoard, a mechanized personal transport system that is one part Segway, one part snowboard and totally unconventional.
Marine shipping is vital to the Oregon economy, but roads are the future.