No doubt a modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville would write home about our love of a good summertime soirée. Any chronicler of everyday life in our 50 states would need search…
Fair season’s in full swing
Tag: jobs
Wylie to work on helping businesses with financing options
Speaker of the House Frank Chopp recently appointed Rep. Sharon Wylie to the Washington Economic Development Finance Authority (WEDFA), an independent agency within the executive branch of state government. WEDFA,…
Unemployment rate remains at 6.8%, the lowest since late 2008
The Employment Security Department released its June report yesterday and the news is that we’re doing well. Paul Turek, a labor economist for the ESD put it this way: “It’s…
Oops, we did it again
Well, it happened again. As often as our critics try to label our caucus policies as “job killers” and bad for small business, yet ANOTHER publication has given Washington some…
Boeing 777X a “project of statewide significance?”
The Legislature created the “Project of Statewide Significance” designation in 1997 to give certain high-importance projects an expedited permitting process, but to date it has never been used. Governor Inslee…