Oregon Drops to 35th in State Tax Competitiveness Index By Oregon Business & Industry What happened: Oregon has fallen two places in the nonpartisan Tax Foundation’s State Tax Competitiveness Index, dropping from 33rd to 35th, the state’s lowest ranking in the widely followed index in at least 20 years. Oregon […]

Regulatory Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, For those making a list and checking it twice before heading off for your holiday activities, written comments for ODA’s LUBGWMA fertilizer rulemaking are due at 5pm on Monday, December 22nd. These proposed rules will have a significant impact on producers in the […]

Angi Bailey Reelected as Oregon Farm Bureau Federation President By Oregon farm Bureau Federation, Salem, Ore – The Oregon Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) held its annual convention in Portland this year where delegates, representing every Oregon county, reelected President Angi Bailey on Thursday afternoon. This will be her third term leading […]

2026 DUNN CARNEY AG SUMMIT By Dunn Carney Feb 6 from 7:30am to 1pm PST Salem Convention Center Register now for the 2026 Dunn Carney Ag Summit. Join us for a half-day conference featuring ag industry leaders from around the region. Dunn Carney’s Ag Summit returns to the Salem Convention […]

By Oregon State Representative Dwayne Yunker, Press release, Representative Dwayne Yunker (R–Grants Pass) released the following statement regarding his request for a federal review of Oregon’s $1 million tribal TANF distribution, civil-rights compliance, and SNAP administration: “Oregonians deserve full transparency when it comes to how federal welfare dollars are being […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, PacifiCorp, Oregon’s most embattled utility that provides a quarter of the state’s electricity, has seen its investment grade downgraded to BBB-, the lowest rating on the S&P 500, in large part because of damages it faces in class-action lawsuits stemming from 2020 Labor Day […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Olive growers in Oregon are celebrating their first harvests throughout the Olio Nuovo Festival. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, people in the 1960s considered Oregon’s climate too cold for growing wine grapes, but since then, the state’s wine industry has flourished. And today, vintners and […]

By Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities, A new study from the University of California Merced shows that thinning overcrowded forests and using prescribed fire produces a wide range of benefits that reach far beyond reducing the threat of catastrophic wildfire. Researchers found that these treatments strengthen forest resilience, protect valuable ecosystem services and […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Campbell Global LLC, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, has purchased more than 28,000 acres of forestland in Oregon, likely for $190 million from timber giant Weyerhaeuser Co., to manage for pension funds and other groups. The acreage in the Willamette Valley and […]

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The Legislature convened for its final time of the year this week, completing three days of “Legislative Days” meetings. The overriding theme entering the week was budget cuts: given the projected deficit going into the week, agencies were asked to provide lists […]