Surge in consumer spending eases state budget challenges
A summer surge in consumer spending has erased nearly half of a projected deficit in Washington state’s budget, easing concerns of deep cuts to health care, human services, and higher education amid the pandemic. With federal pandemic aid in hand and a slowly reopening economy, residents went shopping as tax collections the past three months came in nearly $1 billion higher than predicted, according to a new revenue forecast issued Sept. 23. Continue reading at The Auburn Reporter. (File)
Closures in Washington’s child care industry could hinder economic recovery
A new report is shedding light on the struggles the child care industry is enduring in Washington state and the country, and how it will impact economic recovery after the pandemic. The report, published by Child Care Aware of America, estimates about 16% of the state’s providers closed down in recent months. Long-time providers said they’ve never seen anything like it and worry it will have long-term impacts on the entire economy. Continue reading at King5 TV.
Tacoma’s Manny Ellis deserves the justice Breonna Taylor didn’t get
As a city and a nation reckons with a lone indictment in the police killing of Breonna Taylor — watching as a single officer faces charges for firing his weapon into a neighboring apartment while the two who shot and killed Taylor go unpunished — we should also be thinking about one of our own. Manny Ellis. Continue reading at The News Tribune. (Joshua Bessex)
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