Small Business

After a fire destroyed the Weil Arcade, and eight businesses were displaced, Hillsboro rallied to support its downtown business owners.

Oregon House Democrats were willing to pass a revenue increase aimed at avoiding the constitutional requirement that tax hikes have a three-fifths vote. But Senate Democrats aren't going along.

The Oregon House has narrowly passed a measure meant to scale back a tax break intended for small businesses.

In this installment of our "Represented" series, we gathered in the East Portland neighborhood of Rosewood to talk with workers, business owners and others about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.