jobs

Credit Enhancement Fund Expansion Helps Small Business

SALEM- A bill to help Oregon businesses get loans to feed growth and spur hiring passed the Oregon House of Representatives today on a 59 -0 vote. HB 4150, expanding the Credit Enhancement Fund, is a centerpiece of the House Democrats’ February jobs package aimed at improving access to capital and getting Oregonians back to work.

Two More Bills to Support Business and Job Growth Pass

SALEM – It has been a good week for jobs legislation in the Oregon House of Representatives as a series of bills designed to support business and facilitate job growth passed their first committees.

The Transportation and Economic Development Act of 2012 (HB 4028) and a bill expanding Oregon’s Credit Enhancement Fund (HB 4150) moved from the House Transportation and Economic Development Committee on Thursday, joining the Oregon Investment Act in a slate of proposals garnering bipartisan and business group support.

Rep. Dave Hunt (D-Clackamas County), Co-chair of

Register Guard, Editorial

Register Guard, Editorial
Rebuilding — not tax cuts — creates jobs Guest viewpoint
by Peter DeFazio

Appeared in print Friday, June 24, 2011, page A9