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• Smoking ban pressures bars and restaurants
  With the statewide smoke-free workplace law looming, some businesses have decided to ditch their ashtrays early. more >
• The $4.2 billion question
  Answers are few and the clock is ticking as the project to replace the I-5 bridge over the Columbia starts looking for billions of dollars in funding. more >
• Public companies vanish while profits rise
  Publicly traded companies are becoming an endangered species in Oregon. Some have opted to move headquarters. Others have been acquired by out-of-state companies. more >
• State economist thinks economy will sour less in Oregon
  Let’s say you hit a stretch of bad luck a year ago. You lost your job. Your spouse took the kids and left. more >
• Oregon’s top private companies learn to adapt
  Frank Foti sprints up a flight of rusty stairs to a gritty rooftop with a panoramic view of Portland’s shipyard. more >
• Circuit judges become scarce in rural counties
  Low pay, long commutes and a heavy workload make it hard to find judges for the rural areas of the state. more >
• Economist Tim Duy uses the "R" word
  Is Oregon in recession? I have been startled by the unwillingness of many to accept the obvious fact that the Oregon economy has shifted gears markedly. more >
• Micro-business funding gets scarcer
  Nena Rawdah calls it “the first smack” — that moment this last December when she saw the economy was slowing and that it was going to hurt. more >
• Oregon acreage turns to grapes
  More and more acreage around the state is converting to vineyards, and it’s changing the face of agriculture, land values and the environment. more >
• Economist Joe Cortright on the cost of climate change
  Sometimes, getting advice from an economist is like getting driving directions from someone who’s always looking in the rearview mirror. more >
• Oregon manufacturers hone their edge
  When Les de Asis shows a visitor the carbon dioxide lasers and computer-controlled machines in the factory of his Oregon City company, Benchmade Knife Co., he’s like a proud father showing off his kids. more >
• Sauvie Island businesses survive bridge blues
  Sauvie Island businesses hunkered down to survive years of bridge restrictions that hammered their economy. What choice did they have? more >
• John Mitchell: Economy sinks under too many pillows
  The U.S. economy entered year seven of the upturn at the end of 2007 amid slow growth in output and decelerating employment gains. more >
• Governor plans break up of economic development department
  It’s a surprising move. It may be a risky move. It’s a move that, if successful, should change how Oregon’s economic department does business with the world and with the state itself. more >
• Reading, writing and real estate
  Faced with aging buildings and growing needs, schools struggle to find suitable new locations, and discover the necessity of partnerships with business and the community. more >