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...
by Salem Chamber | Feb 11, 2020 | Public Policy blog
Dear OSCC members and colleagues – We are now done with the first week of the 2020 session. There are four 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...
by Salem Chamber | Jan 15, 2020 | Public Policy blog
Join us March for a public workshop on the Our Salem project to see and evaluate different options for how Salem could grow in the future. Monday, March 16: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Court Street Christian Church, 1699 Court Street NE Tuesday, March 17: 11:30 a.m....
by Salem Chamber | Dec 4, 2019 | Public Policy blog
A report from the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce. The State’s quarterly revenue forecast was released this morning with continued economic growth and increases in tax collections which are producing major increases in available revenue for the state budget....
