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Student loan debt soars, employers pitch in
Companies are starting to realize the benefits of helping staff pay off debt.
A new funding model improves equity in the arts
Smaller organizations will receive more money from the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
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Politics
Why businesses are resorting to shooter defense training
In an age of frequent mass shootings, employers teach staff how to fight back against violent intruders.
What the Democratic supermajority means for business
Democrats hold all the cards, but they’ll need to play them wisely.
Oregonians react to ballot measure results, Brown's win
All but one of the ballot initiatives were defeated.
Economy
The Emissary
The state's director of outdoor recreation on fixing overcrowded campsites and boosting private-lands vacationing.
Updated: Harvard economist scores Oregon on access to the American dream
Rural areas outperform their urban counterparts.
Gresham sees surge in industrial development
A manufacturing hub springs up on the outskirts of the Portland metropolitan area.
Restaurants and Retail
Retail returns to historic Portland department store building
A Japanese retailer opens a store in the iconic Meier & Frank building in time for the holiday shopping season…
Entrepreneurial shift
A new business incubator encourages members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to become independent entrepreneurs.
Cultivating coffee culture
Dutch Bros CEO discusses his strategy behind a new private-equity investment.
Tech
Student loan debt soars, employers pitch in
Companies are starting to realize the benefits of helping staff pay off debt.
Guardians of the network
A team of tech experts sets out to build defenses against the growing threat of cybercrime.
Tactics: The Intelligence Analyst
Smith + Crown CEO Brian Lio on the growth of a blockchain cluster in Portland.
Should your company get political on social media? Experts weigh in.
Brands will take edgier political stances on social media in 2019, experts predict
Energy and Environment
The fish crisis: businesses called on to do more to conserve stocks
Unsustainable fishing practices are part of the problem.
Promising solutions rise to the top of the wildfire discussion
Part three of a series of stories that investigates business solutions to climate change.
Design with nature: working wetlands, water quality trading and Willamette restoration
Part two of a new series of stories that investigates how the business community is creating solutions to climate change…
