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Hiring is on the rise. So is unemployment. Huh?
It might seem counterintuitive, but while Washington added close to 6,000 jobs last month, the state Employment Security Department (ESD) reports the unemployment rate also ticked up a bit. And…
What’s the real story with the budget shortfall?
We heard the news last week that revenues are up, because the economy is better, but that our state still faces a budget deficit of about $2 billion. That’s not…
Where’s all the carbon in our air coming from?
New research published in the journal Climactic Change shows that a remarkably small number of companies (90) are responsible for two-thirds of global warming causing carbon emissions. Between the years…
Update – Youth Opportunities Act
Contrary to popular belief, until very recently, juvenile records in Washington were not sealed. That meant, like in many other states, the personal information of thousands of young adults, including…