Creating jobs isn’t just about traditional work-with-your-hands employment on highway projects, school construction or in Puget Sound boatyards – although House Democrats are good at that. It’s also about improving…
Creating jobs in creative ways
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Liias, Fain, Pettigrew and Manweller introduce bipartisan technology R&D incentives renewal
Sen. Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo, Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, Rep. Eric Pettigrew, D-Seattle, and Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, introduced legislation in their respective chambers that would renew and extend research and…
Tarleton to introduce paid-vacation leave bill
Rep. Gael Tarleton (D-Ballard) will introduce a bill on Monday that will require public and private employers in Washington with 25 or more employees to provide paid vacation leave for…
The truth about rules and standards: job killers or job makers?
Washington legislators often hear from constituents that rules, standards and regulations are economy-crushing job killers.But are they? Two new studies, according to experts cited in this Salon story, say the…
Why is the middle class shrinking, and how can we fix it?
Americans believe it doesn’t matter where you start out in life—rich or poor, city mouse or country mouse—hard work and determination can push you up the ladder to the middle…