March 2009
Oregon bankruptcies ratcheted up in 2008 with business filings spiking in December and increasing 67% versus 2007 to 405.
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Green jobs were the toast of Oregon in April 2002 when Gov. John Kitzhaber, Sen. Gordon Smith and Portland Mayor Vera Katz joined executives from Vestas, the world’s largest wind power manufacturer, to announce the construction of a new factory in Portland that would create more than 1,000 jobs by 2004.
Rural rail lines in Oregon are the best hope some counties have to support industry, either what little forest products manufacturing that remains, or the potential for something greater in the future.
Oregon’s lodging industry is taking a significant financial hit as consumers and businesses cut out unnecessary expenditures such as travel from their budgets.
Despite what the state predicts, the Oregon Lottery still plans to provide the budgeted $1.324 billion to support state schools, parks and natural resources, job creation, and gambling treatment programs.
In an attempt to boost residential building, the Springfield City Council in January approved a new program that authorizes it to defer all planning, building and systems development fees for builders until final occupancy permits are secure.
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- Oregon unions gain members, face uncertain future growth
- Continued job loss runs through all industries
- Huge patent backlog saps research and startup energy
- Hood River economy holds steady
- 102 years later, still shucking along
- Uncle Ben says: Buy bonds to help Oregon
- Grant struggles with highest unemployment
- Website aims to streamline business process
- Graphic: Oregon university enrollment
- Graphic: Oregon farm potato sales by county
- Graphic: TriMet moves more than 100 million riders
- Graphic: Government jobs grow in 2008
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