“When Boeing rolled out its first 737 MAX last month there was little fanfare. Nevertheless, its importance to the company’s future and our state can’t be understated.”
Increasing river flows in the northwest to wash young salmon to sea has worked; nevertheless, once water goes down the river, it is gone. What if we could recycle that water in key parts of the Columbia River reservoir network?
As a Boeing contractor, the fortunes of The Lighthouse for the Blind are directly connected to the fortunes of Boeing’s commercial aircraft sales. That’s where the Export-Import Bank comes in.
World trade creates 38 million American jobs, 846,000 in Washington. Our state has the highest per person income related to world trade.
“If AHPs provide such high-quality, affordable health coverage, why does the Commissioner want to get rid of them? That’s a good question.”
The new law classifies Seattle’s 600 franchisees – who operate 1,700 franchise locations and employ 19,000 workers – as large businesses simply because they operate as part of a franchise network. Franchisees say that is unfair.
California is in the midst of a fierce water war, a conflict that holds lessons for us in Washington state.
“But a larger concern is that the debate over fuel taxes distracts us from the real question: what is the best way to pay for road projects and bridge maintenance and reduce highway congestion?”
Whether you agree with them or not, the fact is the traditional college education on a university campus is slipping away from many families.
In 2001, Boeing announced it would move its corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. Today, you wonder if Boeing is having buyer’s remorse.
Christmas is a difficult time for anyone grieving for a lost loved one. It is especially painful for America’s military families whose son, daughter, spouse or parent was killed in action this year.
Stores shuttered by arson and vandalism often lose customers permanently because they’re closed too long.
BMW looked to Moses Lake where Grant PUD supplies large loads of some of the world’s lowest cost electricity at 2.8-cents per kilowatt hour from its two dams on the Columbia River.
The election this year may be considered by pundits to be a prelude to the 2016 presidential ballot, but it is more than that. It is a referendum on jobs and wages.
Given the good news of our state’s bountiful apple and cherry harvests this year, we could actually cook two turkeys — one with the Canadians on Oct. 13 and the other on Nov. 27 when our Americans traditionally get together.
As a family-owned business, the Mars Company has defied the odds. Business Week reports that the average life span of a family-owned business is 24 years and only three percent survive beyond the fourth generation.
The good news is we are developing new life-saving medications every day. The bad news is they are very expensive and paying for them could bankrupt our health care system.
There appears to be a double standard when it comes to the environmental impacts of renewable power.
The good news is Washington is separating itself from the national jobless rate. In July, an average 6.2 percent of Americans were looking for work, while Washington State’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 percent.
The point is industries and cites coexist very well along the water’s edge.
“Today, all the headlines are about the negative impacts of fossil fuels. But when you dig deeper, as Paul Harvey did, you get the rest of the story.”
More than a century of fires provides stark evidence of the economic and environmental devastation wrought by massive wildfires.
“While much of today’s news deals with America’s decline, there is hope we can stimulate our economy, create manufacturing jobs and pay down our national debt by increasing our manufacturing and energy production.”
