Fix PERS: Comparing the Proposals
Nothing is more important to the outcome of the current legislative session – and to the future of education and other public services – than how the Legislature and Governor…
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The Ways and Means Co-Chair’s budget includes a significant increase in funding for education, as does the Republican budget. There is also significant movement on the policy front. The Legislature’s…
DetailsHouse Votes for Jobs on the Bridge. Now It’s Up to the Senate
Replacing the I-5 bridge across the Columbia River is our biggest opportunity to create thousands of Oregon jobs in the near term and to enhance our export-based economy as a…
DetailsGovernor’s Budget Invests Wisely in Economic Development
From Tim McCabe, Director, Business Oregon: As we enter 2013 and the upcoming annual Legislative session, I look forward to building on our agency’s 2012 successes. We are strongly supportive…
DetailsFirst Two Regionally Significant Industrial Areas Approved (SB 766)
During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Economic Recovery Review Council (ERRC) designated industrial areas in Lane and Douglas counties as ‘Regionally Significant.’ Regionally Significant Industrial Areas (RSIAs) are industrially…
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Below is an update from Cover Oregon, the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange. The Oregon Business Plan and its partners called for a health insurance exchange in 2007, and worked with…
DetailsGovernor’s State of the State Speech Aligns with Oregon Business Plan
In his State of the State speech today, Governor John Kitzhaber invoked theOregon Business Plan and its goals for Oregon: raise per capita income above the U.S. average by 2020…
DetailsYour Online Resource for Economic Policy-Making Just Got Better
www.oregonbusinessplan.org is now updated with the latest videos, presentations and policy proposals from the 10th Oregon Leadership Summit, plus new tools that show why it’s so important to grow businesses and…
DetailsSpecial Session Affirms Oregon’s Commitment to Growing Good Jobs
The exemplary work the Oregon Legislature has just completed in its one day special session could well result in 12,500 new high-paying jobs by the end of the decade (read…
DetailsSpecial Session to Secure Major Jobs Opportunity Illustrates Oregon Business Plan Vision
Kudos to our elected leaders. Governor Kitzhaber and the legislative leadership gave a ringing endorsement to the core vision of the Oregon Business Plan with the announcement Monday of a…
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