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Woodburn Company Stores has started construction on its fifth expansion, which will cost $10 million and provide space for 16 retailers.

The Obama administration included $328 million for financially-strapped rural counties in its 2013 budget proposal.

Gov. Kitzhaber’s main 2012 education package is highly likely to pass the Legislature this month, based on its multitude of advocacy groups and big business alliances.

Oregon Health and Science University released its new 20-year master plan, which reaffirmed plans to expand in Portland’s South Waterfront.

As the stigma of online dating goes away, younger people are turning to dating services, and entrepreneurs are responding.

Although unemployment is at its lowest level in three years, about 12.8 million people are still out of work, and 40% of them have been jobless for more than six months.

General Electric plans to hire 5,000 veterans in the next five years, and spend $580 million to expand its aviation business.

The Fair Labor Association has started inspecting Chinese factories where iPads and iPhones are assembled.

Oregon homeowners will receive between $100 million and $200 million in a national foreclosure settlement.

Oregon’s congressional delegation continues to seek renewal of federal timber payments and develop new revenue for counties.