Kate Davidson
Reporter | OPBKate Davidson is OPB鈥檚 business and economics reporter.
Kate has deep experience reporting and producing for public media. Before moving to Oregon, she was a regular contributor to "Marketplace", a reporter at Michigan Radio focused on economic change in the industrial Midwest and a producer at NPR.
She has master鈥檚 degrees from the University of California-Berkeley and Columbia University, where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism. She won a national Edward R. Murrow award for her NPR documentary, "Saints and Indians", which told the stories of Navajo children sent to live with white Mormon foster families across the West.
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Initial legislation aimed at boosting the semiconductor industry would also allow the governor to change urban growth boundaries. -
And they can鈥檛 afford the infrastructure to prepare that land for development. -
Oregonians should see deductions from their paychecks in January. Paid leave benefits are scheduled to roll out in September. -
The race for BOLI commissioner pits employment lawyer Christina Stephenson against restaurant owner and former state representative Cheri Helt. -
More than 200,000 Oregonians have likely experienced long COVID-19, causing significant health issues and financial pain. The condition鈥檚 economic toll is beginning to come into focus. -
A $41 million grant could help create a pipeline of affordable mass timber homes. -
The report explores why many jobless Oregonians waited weeks or months to receive unemployment benefits. Auditors recommend an ombuds office to help claimants navigate the system. -
The computer chip maker said it would build two leading-edge factories in Germany, with additional investments across Europe. -
Starting Saturday, Oregon will no longer require masks in most indoor public spaces. That's a big change for small businesses that rely on face-to-face interactions. -
A trade agreement between the U.S. and the EU taking effect Jan. 1 should help some Oregon distillers. -
A whiskey company and a specialty food market are examples of Oregon companies walloped by the global supply chain disruption. "Every step of everything that is supply chain related has been a battle," said the whiskey company's CEO. -
Employment growth in the state saw a 鈥渟lowdown鈥� amid a slump in seasonal hiring at schools.
