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State of the Market Case Study

OSU-Cascades expansion brings construction jobs

That college campuses have an economic impact on their neighboring communities is undeniable. But while that impact is most frequently measured in terms of expenditures—an increase, for example, in the quantity of coffees or school supplies purchased—the effects begin to be felt even before the first student arrives. That’s because building a college campus is […]

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Taking The Economy’s Temperature

Housing sales are warming up. Is that good?

Like predicting the weather in Central Oregon during the finicky spring months, economic forecasts are tricky; sunny afternoons do not necessarily promise warm and dry evenings. Likewise, in the mid-2000s, thousands in Central Oregon were basking in a booming housing market. By 2006, construction and real estate employment was effortlessly adding jobs, and quickly had […]

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What in the World: Porch Shooter Convicted, Economic Recovery Stalls, Drones Crashes at Yellowstone

GUNS: The 55-year-old Michigan man accused of shooting 19-year-old Renisha McBride in the face when she knocked on his door late at night seeking help after a car accident has been convicted of second-degree murder, among other charges. Theodore Wafer, who alternately claimed the shooting was self-defense and an accident, faces the possibility of life […]

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What in the World: Trouble at Tinder, Dutchies at the Daycare, Getting Lucky in Kentucky

MISOGYNY: Tinder cofounder and former VP of Marketing Whitney Wolfe is suing the company, alleging “atrocious sexual harassment and sex discrimination.” Among her claims: that Chief Marketing Officer Justin Mateen (with whom she was once romantically involved) called her a “slut” and a “whore” in front of the CEO Sean Rad, that the two men tried to strip her […]

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