Sick leave bills slowed in Oregon Legislature
Twin bills aimed at providing Oregonians with paid sick days stall in both chambers.
Portland mayor prohibits city-paid travel to Indiana
Charlie Hales responded to the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act by banning city travel to Indiana.
Eugene-based tech company acquired
TECH ROUNDUP: Feeney Wireless sold to San Diego wireless company; Intel courts Altera; Portland native named director of IT for White House.
Portland is the 10th-worst city for traffic jams in the nation
TRANSPORTATION ROUNDUP: Study makes questionable claims about Portland commutes; rapid busline to Gresham advances; TriMet rolls out new buses, light-rail trains.
Kitzhaber aides’ digital devices seized
State agency secured computers and cell phones following a government subpoena.
Paying It Forward
BY ERIN J. BERNARD
A new report highlights how Oregon bankers are giving back to their communities.
Raising the Barge on Compliance
BY SOPHIA BENNETT
Since 1932 Tidewater Transportation & Terminals (operating as Tidewater Barge Lines and Tidewater Terminal Company) has operated a multicommodity transportation and terminal company based in Vancouver, Washington. The friendly expression on the company’s shipping containers reflects the attitude of about 330 safety and community-conscious employees but belies how complicated the barge business really is.
Regional Focus Helps The Dalles Succeed
BY SOPHIA BENNETT
The Port of The Dalles has run marine facilities since the 1930s, but they are part of a larger mission to strengthen the local economy. They focus on regional economic development with a strong bent toward adding good-paying jobs in high tech, manufacturing and other industries.
Volvo plans $500M car factory in US
BLOOMBERG: In an effort to revive sales in the US, Volvo Car Group plans to build a $500 million factory.
Oil crash starting to hurt in Texas
BLOOMBERG: General business activity index declines far worse than expectations in March.