Columnist Carolyn Ossorio tours a new afterschool program in the Talbot Hill neighborhood.
Frank Shiers Jr.’s editorial comic, week of Dec. 20, 2013.
This time of year, we’re reminded that, with all our frailties, we human beings are a pretty generous lot.
A preview of coming attractions and distractions for lawmakers next year can be found in the pile of legislation awaiting them when they return to Olympia in January.
Frank Shiers Jr. editorial cartoon, week of Dec. 13, 2013.
America’s 28 million small businesses are the backbone of our economy, creating two out of every three net new private sector jobs, and we all have a role in helping small businesses succeed.
The one constant in these two extremes has been a high demand for electricity. In suffocating heat or freezing cold, ample power supplies are literally a matter of life or death.
Have you heard of the Ethanol Shuffle? One step forward, two steps back.
Frank Shiers Jr. editorial comic, week of Dec. 6, 2013.
“StandUP-America first came to Renton because a City Council member is on a board at King County and represents issues all King County residents face.”
Frank Shiers Jr.’s editorial comic, week of Nov. 29, 2013.
Association Health Plans were approved under Gov. Mike Lowry in 1995 as a way to help small employers provide high quality, more affordable health coverage for their workers.
I have always been fascinated by words and usage. I can often tell what a speaker or writer doesn’t want me to know by the duck-and-dodge words and usage.
When I first started in my fundraising career, we were told to get donors to “give until it hurt.” Fundraising professionals came to realize that a better mantra was, “give until it feels good” – a not-so-subtle difference.
Frank Shiers Jr.’s editorial comic, week of Nov. 29, 2013.
Frank Shiers, Jr. editorial comic, week of Nov. 22.
It is human nature to take things for granted. When you’ve always had something, when it’s been around your entire life, it’s only natural to overlook it, to think it will always be here.
The current stalemate between The Boeing Co. and the IAM over the proposed union contract for the new 777X reminded me of the jacket in my closet. It’s teal green and white, with the words “777 Working Together” embroidered on it.
Our hope is that when you are grabbing that extra can of food or searching your closet for an old coat, you also take a moment to grab a tube of toothpaste or a bottle of shampoo and some soap, things that many of us simply take for granted until we find ourselves without them.
Rather, their pitch for requiring labels on foods with genetically-modified ingredients lacked urgency and their campaign inspired little excitement outside Seattle and urban pockets in Western Washington.