In the aftermath of the most devastating wildfire season in recent memory, four Oregon business associations stepped up to raise needed funds to provide community-level support for displaced families and devastated businesses.
Gov. Kate Brown announced that, effective April 19, all Oregonians 16 and older can sign up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Pride Disposal provides innovative solid waste and recycling services for homes and businesses in the Sherwood, Tigard, King City, Beaverton, Durham, Hillsboro, and Washington County communities.
We have reached half time in the 2021 legislative session. Controlling the ball has not been easy, so for us this is a largely game of defense.
Frontline workers, as defined by the CDC, and their families — as well as Oregonians 16+ with underlying health conditions — are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning April 5. This has raised several questions among OBI members, who are left wondering if their employees count as “frontline” or not. Here is a four-point test…
Gov. Brown announced today that she is accelerating the timeline for vaccine distribution in Oregon, moving earlier-defined priority groups sooner on the timeline and clarifying that all Oregonians 16 and older will be eligible to receive shots by May 1. The new timeline is as follows: March 22: Migrant and seasonal farmworkers in counties where they are already…
Late yesterday, the Oregon Department of Revenue announced that the deadline for individual returns for tax year 2020 would be extended to May 17, 2021. The previous deadline was April 15. The announcement comes as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced an extension for federal returns to the same date, May 17. Individual taxpayers do…
OBI joined more than 40 other organizations to successfully oppose the -1 amendment to HB 2457, a concept that would require forgiven PPP loan amounts be added back as “taxable income” for Oregon businesses that used the program exactly the way it was intended.
The economic impacts from COVID-19 continue to devastate families – and we know that Oregon women are disproportionately impacted.
Today, after several weeks of negotiations, Congress completed work on a sweeping $1.9 trillion stimulus package called the American Rescue Plan. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill soon. The bill provides significant assistance to individual taxpayers, businesses and state and local government. However, despite advocacy from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and…