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‘Tis the season (to be jolly well-aware of burn bans)
Brrrr. Chilly-weather season has landed in communities and neighborhoods all across the Evergreen State. (“Chilly”? It’s already downright frosty for many Washington denizens of the deep freeze!) “Frightful,” indeed, are...
Will Amazon’s Drone Delivery Take Off?
Earlier this week Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced on 60 Minutes that his company is currently in the testing phase of a new service called Amazon PrimeAir that would allow...
Washington’s future prosperity might depend on abandoning a “cultural stereotype”
“First, as early as second grade, the children demonstrated the American cultural stereotype that math is for boys . . . . Second, elementary school boys identified with math more...
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...
Canola rising: Acres planted, product value soar
News item: Canola cracks top 40. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that canola moved up one spot — from 40 in 2011 to 39 in 2012 — on...
Affordable health care – a long journey, but well worth the wait.
We’re two months into the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While short of their original goal, supporters are highlighting the 100,000 people who now have affordable health care...
Nick Hanauer: Investors create jobs like squirrels create evolution
Slate.com has a great piece by Henry Blodget about fixing America’s “struggles with high unemployment and record inequality.” Blodget tackles, head-on, what he calls a persistent myth that’s become conventional...
Happy Thanksgiving!
We’re taking a few days off for the Thanksgiving holiday, but we’ll be back on Monday, November 25. In the meantime, we wish you a safe and joyful holiday weekend....
Washington wine: No. 2 — with a bullet!
When it comes to wine, California is a Gulliver among the Lilliputians, producing far more than any other state. But Washington is No. 2 in premium-wine production, and growing fast....
Next-generation rail making inroads back east
As negotiations continue on a transportation revenue package here in Washington, elected officials on the East Coast are weighing a proposal to install advanced, high-speed rail from Washington, D.C. to...