The Seattle Times By Walker Ornstein OLYMPIA — Washington already has the highest minimum wage of any state in the country, but a packed hearing room at the Capitol was…
Bills to raise minimum wage, require paid sick days introduced in Olympia
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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…
Forbes says we’re still among the best
While Virginia fell to No. 4 (after being either 1 or 2 for almost a decade) in Forbes’ most recent “Best States for Business and Careers” report, Washington, at No….
The issue isn’t jobs, it’s wages
The 2008 recession, technically speaking, ended in summer of 2009. The national unemployment rate is down to 5.8 percent. October was the ninth straight month with 200,000 jobs or more…
Turning back the clock
It’s pretty hard to come up with good things to say about the Great Depression. But here’s one: If it hadn’t been for the Great Depression, we wouldn’t have upwards…