Residential Zoning Bill Transforms Real Estate Landscape
HB 2001 sailed through both chambers with support on both sides of the aisle, but critics claim it won’t solve any housing problems.
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Climate Change Business Fund Secures Investment
VertueLab has its sights set on bringing green technology to market. Despite a myriad of challenges, the business development fund just secured a large boost.
Green Is the New Black
An environmental literacy program for prisoners is preparing inmates for a professional life in the green economy.
Biz Tips: Why Developing Your Own Successor is Nearly Impossible
It is unrealistic to expect a successor to be honest and transparent with the business owner.
The Maverick Who Stopped Cap and Trade
Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson was the decisive Democratic vote that killed cap and trade in Oregon. The Multnomah County Democrat insists she’s still on the right side of history.
Opinion: The Business Case for Universal Health Care
A Portland physician details six goals that Oregon businesses consider critical in health care reform.
Medicaid, Heal Thyself
Beset by rising costs and right-wing rhetoric, can Oregon’s bold experiment to revamp coordinated care organizations make the grade?
In the Name of Science
An OHSU neurosurgeon challenges the profit-oriented system of bringing new drugs to market while championing the small companies commercializing advances in brain cancer treatment.
The Truck Stops Here
Truckers got a win with the death of HB 2020, but as the hype around driverless trucks continues, environmental policy will be the least of their worries.