Bill forces stores to accept cash

Bill forces stores to accept cash

Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that requires retailers in Oregon to accept cash. The measure, SB 1565, excluded transactions such as those at farmers markets, roadside stands, and aboard airplanes, and it allows businesses to refuse to take coins for purchases of...
Crime wave driving store owners to leave Portland

Crime wave driving store owners to leave Portland

Tamale Boy headquarters moves out of Portland over crimeTamale Boy owner Jaime Soltero, Jr. opened his first food truck in 2010 in Portland. Headquartered in North Portland, Tamale Boy also has a NE Portland location and a suburban Happy Valley location. Pre-pandemic...
Latino Business Owners to County: Homeless Shelters Hamper Business

Latino Business Owners to County: Homeless Shelters Hamper Business

Business owners in Washington County spoke out at a recent public meeting expressing alarm about the creation of homeless shelters near their businesses.  As reported by the Portland Tribune, Washington County government and Centro Cultural de Washington County have...
Latino-American service members among 13 killed in Kabul attack

Latino-American service members among 13 killed in Kabul attack

Source: Twitter, US Marines During the tense and chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan to end a 20-year war, 13 service members were among the 170 people brutally killed by an ISIS-K terrorist suicide bomber at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul...
Beaverton Restaurant Cheated 39 Workers On Payroll

Beaverton Restaurant Cheated 39 Workers On Payroll

By Oregon Small Business Association The U.S. Labor Department has ordered the owners of a Beaverton restaurant to pay more than $400,000 in back pay to its 39 employees. Buffet Palace paid a flat monthly wage to its employees, no matter how many hours they worked,...