4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (397+ words) The City of Corvallis and the union representing most of its employees have submitted their final contract offers to the state’s Employee Relations Board. Required by law, the filing includes total costs for each proposal. The City of Corvallis says…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (509+ words) FAST, the Frontiers of Advanced Semiconductor Technology, aims to launch 180 startups over the next 10 years, as well as produce 4,000 graduates each year, create 25,000 jobs, and generate $6.5 billion in economic growth. Oregon State has had a more comprehensive and holistic system…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (324+ words) On Thursday, Governor Tina Kotek directed the Department of Administrative Services to terminate the state’s contract for the sale of approximately 32 acres at the Mill Creek Corporate Center in southeast Salem for a proposed data center project. “Upon learning of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (813+ words) Just days before the Oregon Legislature in March passed a one-year pause on a popular tax incentive program for data centers, a group called Oregon Connects registered as a nonprofit business in the state. Then the ads started appearing. “From…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (477+ words) Oregon secured $15 million in federal funding to grow the state’s semiconductor industry, and it could receive up to $160 million over the next decade depending on its progress. The National Science Foundation announced Tuesday that Oregon’s coalition of nearly 100 businesses and…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (416+ words) Benton County’s 99 Vine bus service was a pilot project, but it could become permanent later. The program ended June 30 with officials calling it a success, and now they are looking to see if they can fund into the future. Operations…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (233+ words) Moody’s Ratings, the international credit ratings firm based in New York, has issued a bond rating increase to the City of Corvallis. Citing the City’s “robust financial position and growing local economy,” the ratings agency upgraded the City’s bond rating…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (459+ words) Rick Crager has been appointed as Benton County’s Administrator effective June 1, he had been serving in an interim capacity for the last three months. The Benton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at their May 26 meeting to make the gig…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1154+ words) Oregonians who received federal aid to pay for their groceries last year frequently reported working for the nation’s largest grocery and retail corporations, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program data from the Oregon Department of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1230+ words) Before even starting, yes, the City Council can impose citywide payroll and income taxes without voter approval. Scuttlebutt is they probably won’t. After all, the public could, of course, reverse that with their own ballot measure, and the Council knows…...