Oregon Business

The credit crunch — Oregon’s current fiscal bugbear — can now be blamed for one more thing: a downturn in wave-energy projects.

A state analysis of the two criminal justice measures competing for votes this November estimates prison costs to be even higher than anticipated.

Despite diesel fuel prices almost 90% higher than a year ago, Oregon’s employment in truck transportation followed its typical seasonal pattern during the past 12 months.

Baby boomers are big news. Last year, the first boomer collected her first Social Security check.

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