LOCAL ► From AP — State’s lower jobless rate may reduce weeks of aid — The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.2% last month, an...
By JAMES GREGORY The Great Recession has been accompanied by a great silence. We read statistics about the unemployed but don’t see faces or hear voices of...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Republican lawmakers won’t budge on pension-overhaul plan— As the Legislature slogs through its special session, Republicans show...
UPDATED to include all four Verizon actions Thursday in Western Washington. Verizon has made tens of billions in profits and its top executives walked away with...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Columbian — Local teachers rally against proposed health care changes — “Because of our union, because we stand together, I...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, March 23 marks the second anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the Affordable Care Act...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Saturday’s Seattle Times — Construction in doldrums, but jobs bill on hold in Olympia — Though there are signs that the...
By JOHN BURBANK Are you saving for your retirement? If you are working, you are. You put 4.1% of your paycheck into Social Security, through the...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► At Publicola — Feeling the heat — Senate Republicans are going to roll out a budget proposal this morning that moves toward...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand Members of the two biggest entertainment and media unions in the country, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation...
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