HOOD RIVER — The 2025 Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD) Economic Symposium ensued at The Ruins on Nov. 7, attracting attendees from the five-county district to learn and engage across industries and jurisdictions for the benefit of our regional economy.
For the first time in more than a decade, Oregon and other states lack federal jobs data they rely on to understand the health of their economies and labor markets month-over-month. Officials at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced earlier this month that they would not produce the September jobs report, which was due […]
(The Center Square) - The Trump administration implemented a new rule on Oct. 2 that would revise wage standards for immigrant farm workers across the country.
(The Center Square) – The National Federation of Independent Business released it's job report Thursday afternoon noting that the federal jobs report expected Friday will likely be delayed by the partial government shutdown.
(The Center Square) −The construction industry reported just 188,000 job openings at the end of August, the lowest level in more than a decade, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
(The Center Square) – Though the economy and immigration were issues that helped President Donald Trump secure the White House, some economists have said that too steep a decline in immigration will prove harmful to the economy.
THE GORGE — “We’re generally just feeling like this gets harder and harder every year for a lot of reasons, and it doesn’t seem to be turning …