Quick summaries of proposals that could affect business. 

As they grapple with an enormous excess of marijuana, state agencies are struggling to prevent it from going into the black market.

Lane Powell attorney Ben Pirie has been elected to the Executive Committee of Oregon State Bar’s Cannabis Law Section. Pirie counsels cannabis businesses on a wide range of corporate and regulatory legal issues, including mergers and acquisitions, negotiating complex contracts, and corporate governance, as well as regulatory compliance in the emerging cannabis and hemp industries.

A new business incubator encourages members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to become independent entrepreneurs.

Permits more than doubled over the past year. 

An incubator nabs legal counsel; cannabis trafficking keeps law enforcement busy and Eugene firm takes on massage franchise sexual assault case.

A roundup of deals, expansions and outright failures in the manufacturing sector.

Ron Buel and two partners launch Dank Bros., an indoor grow operation in Milwaukie.