Salem's hyperlocal news and statehouse watch.
Salem's hyperlocal news and statehouse watch.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Business
Oregon's 16 Medicaid insurers earned $67 million collectively in 2025 after nearly breaking even the year before, buoyed by $149 million in emergency state and federal funding. The recovery stabilizes PacificSource Community Solutions, the CCO managing care for about 168,000 Medicaid enrollees in Marion and Polk counties who depend on Salem Health.
Business
Oregon's 16 Medicaid insurers earned $67 million collectively in 2025 after nearly breaking even the year before, buoyed by $149 million in emergency state and federal funding. The recovery stabilizes PacificSource Community Solutions, the CCO managing care for about 168,000 Medicaid enrollees in Marion and Polk counties who depend on Salem Health.
Business
Oregon's 16 Medicaid insurers earned $67 million collectively in 2025 after nearly breaking even the year before, buoyed by $149 million in emergency state and federal funding. The recovery stabilizes PacificSource Community Solutions, the CCO managing care for about 168,000 Medicaid enrollees in Marion and Polk counties who depend on Salem Health.
Business
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a motion on July 22 accusing Nexstar of violating a federal court order by stacking Tegna's board with its own executives, a move that could consolidate KOIN 6 and KGW under one owner and reduce independent local news coverage for Salem-area viewers.
Business
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined 18 other state attorneys general in suing the EPA on Tuesday, July 21, over a rule that delays by six years the phase-out of HFCs in commercial refrigeration, arguing the mid-stream reversal will strand businesses that already invested in compliant systems and raise costs for consumers.
Business
Salem's A&M Sweets, which supplied 4,000 pastries a week to about 25 Dutch Bros locations, is pivoting to a customizable dessert retail concept after the coffee chain ended local vendor partnerships in late 2025.
Business
A federal trial underway in Portland will decide whether Oregon can charge companies per-pound fees for packaging disposal and recycling, a question with direct implications for Salem-area food producers and retailers who meet the law's thresholds.
Business
The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce featured La Lumiere Massage, a multi-therapist downtown practice owned by lifelong Salem resident Jordan McCourry, in its Thursday, July 9 business spotlight.
Business
Salem Health and Santiam Hospital withdrew their standard merger application and filed for emergency state approval on Friday, July 3, warning that the rural Stayton hospital could go insolvent without faster action on the $61 million deal.
Business
Salem City Council voted June 22 to extend its Lien Forgiveness Program through June 30, 2027, giving property owners another year to clean up code-violating buildings and erase penalties; the program has already forgiven more than $220,000 in liens across 13 properties.
Business
With Oregon's unemployment rate at 5.2% and the state losing jobs overall, the Oregon Employment Department is promoting its Work Share program, which lets employers reduce staff hours while workers collect partial unemployment benefits. More than 500 employers are enrolled statewide, and businesses can sign up through weekly Tuesday webinars or by calling 503-947-1800.
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