Spotlight: Book to the Future Posted in: Education, Nonprofit - Multnomah County’s Central Library was built in 1893 and last renovated around the time of its 100th birthday. Now it’s undergone another refresh — one meant to bring it in line with library trends.
- Federal Marijuana Rule Change Could Save Oregon Cannabis Businesses Millions Posted in: Cannabis, Politics - Move to reclassify pot from the most serious drug category lauded by advocates.
- Daimler Staying Put in Oregon With Planned $40M Swan Island Expansion Posted in: Energy and Environment, Manufacturing - The German automaker opted to grow its Portland footprint after considering two other sites.
- Powerlist: MBA Programs Posted in: Powerlist - Ranked by Total Enrollment, May 2024
100 Best
- Information About The 100 Best Nonprofits Survey - Find out about eligibility requirements, benefits of participation and the schedule of our free nonprofit workplace survey.
- 2024 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon - The companies listed here have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to employment best practices.
- 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon in 2023 - Congratulations to all the organizations who made the list.
POLITICS
- Federal Marijuana Rule Change Could Save Oregon Cannabis Businesses Millions - Move to reclassify pot from the most serious drug category lauded by advocates.
- Looking Forward, Looking Back - We asked leaders in Oregon’s business and political sectors what they make of 2023 — and what they hope to see in 2024. Here’s what they said.
- Exit Interview: Blumenauer Says Last Years Were Most Productive - ‘I have a lot of things I want to work on, and I don't think any of them are going to be advanced in a dysfunctional Congress’
- Oregon, 29 Other State Regulators Reach Settlement in $68 Million Silver Scam - The case alleges defendants deceived elderly and retirement-age customers by inflating the price of its precious metal coins.
ECONOMY
- High-end Vehicle Outfitter EarthCruiser Calls it Quits After 16 Years - Bend-based overland pioneer saw a boom during the pandemic — but demand soon waned.
- Changes Ahead For Unions Under Oregon’s New Campaign Finance Law - For the first time, state elections will have donor limits when HB 4024 is enacted in 2027.
- Owners of Debt Consolidation Business Face Federal Fraud Charges - Prosecutors seek help building case against ConsoliDebt Solutions.
- Mac’s List Now Requires Employers to Include Salary Info with Job Listings - A pay transparency bill dissolved in the Oregon Legislature in 2023.
RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL
- Burgerville Announces New Investors, Plan to Add Restaurants - The popular PNW fast food chain considered selling to embattled investment firm Sortis Capital but instead will expand with new locations starting in Salem and Keizer.
- In-N-Out Burger Coming to Beaverton - With a new suburban location planned, the popular drive-through inches closer to Portland.
- With West End Move, Stumptown Bets Big on Downtown - Stumptown VP Jon Perry talks about the chain’s new West End digs, how climate change is affecting producers — and what roasts are best enjoyed in the air
- McCormick & Schmick’s to Close Portland Location Sunday - The closure leaves the chain, which started in Portland, with just one Portland-area location — in Tigard.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- Charges Dropped Against Former Thesis Exec Accused of Embezzlement - Prosecutors say they’ll refile the case, which was dismissed due to a shortage of public defenders.
- After a Landmark Year, Oregon Humane Society Looks Ahead -
In 2022 the Oregon Humane Society merged with another shelter system and opened a community veterinary clinic. President and CEO Sharon Harmon says it’s just the beginning.
- Wieden+Kennedy Co-Founder Dan Wieden Dead at 77 -
Wieden, who coined Nike’s “Just Do It” tagline, made memorable ads with an edge.
- Death Care Goes Green -
Oregon becomes the third state in the nation to allow human composting, representing a wider turn towards ecological burial options in the death care industry.
TECH
- Spotlight: Micro-Chasm - Oregon’s microfluidics
Tech Hub joins academic and industry partners to help small fluids make a big leap.
- Suitable Tech - How Macro Law Group is using AI — and automation — to upend the way law firms do business
- Second Sight - Portland’s Synaptiq started by training AI models but is now helping businesses build AI-driven products, especially those that deploy computer vision — a technology that enables computers to derive information from images.
- Locking It Down - Security platform HiddenLayer offers protection for AI systems.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
- Daimler Staying Put in Oregon With Planned $40M Swan Island Expansion - The German automaker opted to grow its Portland footprint after considering two other sites.
- Intel Expansion Will Create Major Energy Demand - PBJ: Chip maker will spend $36B modernizing Hillsboro facilities
- Twenty Oregon Businesses Awarded Rural Energy Grants - The funding will allow Astoria’s Fort George Brewery to install a rooftop solar array, among other projects.
- NEXT Refinery Project Formally Asks For Lower Rent — Which Records Show It’s Already Paying - A letter from the controversial renewable diesel refinery’s CEO says a boating crash ‘calls into question’ NEXT’s ability to operate the refinery under current conditions.
