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Advocacy Updates
Updates on advocacy efforts that OSCC is involved inWednesday, March 29, 2017To date, the 2017 legislative session has been one of the slowest moving sessions in recent history. Discussions on solving the state’s budget deficit and funding a comprehensive transportation plan have seemingly utilized nearly all of the legislature’s bandwidth. Very little else is moving. Read moreMonday, March 20, 2017The 2017 legislative session is very slowly gaining focus and momentum. The big, defining political discussions of 2017 around the budget (how to solve the state’s $1.8 billion budget gap) and transportation (how to pass a comprehensive transportation funding package) are really just now starting to take shape. Read moreWednesday, March 15, 2017We’ll start with some great news this week … In a highly anticipated court decision, the Multnomah County Circuit Court ruled against the new BOLI interpretation of Oregon’s daily overtime statute for manufacturers in the Portland Specialty Baking case. Read moreMonday, March 6, 2017The 2017 Oregon legislature forged into familiar territory last week with orchestrated hearings on legislation that is opposed and hotly contested by the business community – predictive scheduling (SB 828), removal of non-economic damage limits in lawsuits (SB 487), and a slew of bills regulating carbon emissions. Read moreThursday, March 2, 2017The 2017 Oregon legislature is picking up steam and starting to delve into issues of general concern to the business community. On the positive side, legislators received welcome news as economic forecasters delivered a positive revenue forecast that may lessen the need for additional revenues. But on the negative side, committees have started to schedule hearings on issues that will generally have a negative impact on business if passed. OSCC will keep members apprised as these issues and hearings start to populate committee schedules. Read more