Oregon Business

1 week ago | oregonbusiness.com | Christen McCurdy

Wright talks about how the Eugene-based grocery chain’s model has helped it thrive in the face of disruption — including a cyberattack that knocked out systems for one of the industry’s big suppliers. Share this article!Rick Wright grew up in the grocery industry. Wright’s father, Richard Wright, Sr., worked in the industry, and in 1979, Wright took the reins of his father’s business, which included a number of Thriftway and Price Choppers locations, eventually rebranding as Market of Choice.

1 week ago | oregonbusiness.com | Christen McCurdy

The Grants Pass-founded coffee chain had previously relocated operations to Arizona and Texas. Share this article!A stimulating home-grown Oregon corporation is packing for the greener pastures of Phoenix. The national brand Dutch Bros — the state’s second-highest valued company after Nike — will move its corporate headquarters to Arizona, the Portland Business Journal was first to report.

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.