by Salem Chamber | Apr 13, 2020 | Public Policy blog
The coronavirus crisis has devastated businesses across all sectors of Oregon’s economy. Oregon employers are struggling to keep their doors open and paychecks funded during this crisis; legislators need to hear from you now. Share your personal impact from...
by Salem Chamber | Feb 24, 2020 | Public Policy blog
Monday, February 24, 2020 After 75 minutes of debate and motions, the full Ways & Means Committee has just passed SB 1530, the Cap-and-Trade bill. Senator Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) voted with Republicans on all amendments and in opposition to the bill....
by Salem Chamber | Feb 24, 2020 | Public Policy blog
We believe the Senate Republican “walkout” will commence this week as the Ways & Means Committee will approve SB 1530 – Cap and Trade – on Monday morning and send it to the Senate floor. Senator Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) will need to be...
by Salem Chamber | Feb 18, 2020 | Public Policy blog
We are now done with the first two weeks of the 2020 session. There are three weeks to go before the constitutional end date of March 8th. It was an extraordinarily busy week as most bills were scheduled for hearing or some sort of consideration. As of right now, most...
by Salem Chamber | Feb 13, 2020 | Public Policy blog
House Bill 4010 threatens to eliminate all state incentives for Opportunity Zones by disconnecting Oregon from the federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive that was included in the federal ‘Tax Cut and Jobs Act’ passed by Congress in 2017. We view this as...
