Garrett Andrews

2 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

SB 916 now heads to Gov. Kotek, who indicates she’ll sign the controversial bill, which makes Oregon the first state to provide unemployment benefits to public as well as private workers. Share this article!A bill to allow striking workers to collect unemployment benefits passed the Oregon Senate on Thursday after suffering a surprise defeat two days earlier. The legislative proposal, SB 916, has garnered strong feelings on both sides.

2 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

The payout from the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma will go to addiction services and local government programs. Share this article!Oregon will receive $66 million for addiction services as part of a major pharmaceutical settlement. Under the agreement, the Sackler family will pay $6.5 billion and give up control of its company, Purdue Pharma, which itself will pay $900 million.

3 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

Legislators pass toughest-in-the-nation restrictions on investor control of healthcare practices. Share this article!Oregon legislators last week passed a bill that prohibits non-physician investors from controlling medical practices. SB 951 heavily restricts private-equity investment in the health care industry. According to legislative sponsors, it represents the nation’s strictest ban on corporate influence in medicine.

4 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

Backers of the as-yet-unnamed concert hall, which will replace a former Nordstrom location, hope to compete with a Live Nation project planned for the Central Eastside. Share this article!A mid-sized concert venue expected to fill a gap in Portland’s entertainment scene is now planned to break ground next month in the Lloyd Center.

4 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

The Pendleton-based tribal gaming facility will add a hotel tower, convention center and banquet kitchen. Share this article!The Wildhorse Resort & Casino, the gaming center outside of Pendleton operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, plans to build a $100 million expansion. The Eastern Oregon tribal gaming center hopes to draw larger business events, weddings and other gatherings, according to a tribal announcement sent Tuesday.