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Here’s what Oregon’s major industries pay, and which have the fastest-growing wages

Oregon’s labor market has stagnated, with major employers shedding jobs and the unemployment rate creeping up to its highest level since the pandemic. The most recent data from the Oregon Employment ...

Federal funding bill threatens Oregon hemp industry with Schedule I reclassification

A provision in the federal funding bill that reopened the government reclassifies all cannabis products as Schedule I ...
Business Wire

Oregon’s Bio Boom: ‘Pandemic Ready’ Industry Surpasses $15 Billion Footprint in Oregon Creating More Firms, More Jobs, More Investment, More Discovery, More Innovation

Oregon Bioscience Association releases its new economic impact report at https://www.oregonbio.org/about/reports/ which points to continued robust growth during the ...
Oregon Business

Boosting Opportunity and Industry in Eastern Oregon’s Border Region

For the border region of eastern Oregon, one path to a stronger economy begins in Chad Cruickshank’s classroom at Nyssa High School. In 2020 alone, 37 of his students earned industry certifications to ...
OPB

Eastern Oregon agriculture industry defends itself against lawsuit with nitrate plan

The faucet in Ana Maria Rodriguez's bathroom sink shows signs of corrosion in Boardman, Ore., Jan. 15, 2023. Many people who receive water from domestic wells in the Lower Umatilla Basin have worried ...

Oregon State University leads innovative solutions to advance Oregon’s semiconductor industry

Through education and workforce training, industry partnerships and research innovations, Oregon State University helps keep ...
KTVZ

Oregon forms task force, strengthens effort to attract semiconductor industry

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s political leaders said Thursday they’re going to try to attract the booming semiconductor industry. The announcement comes three weeks after chipmaker Intel, Oregon’s ...