Archives

May 7, 2018 - Oregon’s trade with China

By Josh Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Oregon regularly ranks as the 10th to 15th most trade-dependent state in the nation, depending upon the year. The Brookings Institute goes so far as to rank the Portland region as a Top 10 most trade-dependent metropolitan area. And a lot of […]


May 2, 2018 - Explaining Oregon’s new clean air regulation (SB 1541)

By Oregon Prosperity Project, In October of 2017 the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) compiled finalized draft rules to establish a new Cleaner Air Oregon program. The draft rules would have created a costly regulatory program that would do little to improve the state’s air […]