SEATTLE (Oct. 27, 2014) — Seattle made history by becoming first city in the nation to adopt a $15 minimum wage, but it will need to...
TACOMA — In an effort to address the state’s declining investment in higher education before the 2015 legislative session, students, faculty, community organizations, and labor unions...
Friday, October 24, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — A reminder about our failing roads, bridges (editorial) — Politics can be so...
Thursday, October 23, 2014 ELECTION EDITOR’S NOTE: Sometime this morning, The News Tribune removed the following editorial from its website. We have inquired as...
By JOHN BURBANK (Oct. 23, 2014) — It’s election time and we all have received our ballots. Now we get to ponder our choices, look over...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 BOEING ► From AP — Passenger jets push Boeing’s profit up 18 percent — Robust demand for commercial jets and...
OLYMPIA (Oct. 22, 2014) — Voter turnout for the Aug. 5 primary election was abysmal in Washington state and was historically low nationwide. Fewer than one...
OLYMPIA (Oct. 22, 2014) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the state’s largest labor organization which represents some 400,000 union members from more than 600...
By JEFF JOHNSON (Oct. 21, 2014) — I want to take a moment and thank a young, forward-thinking labor leader who walks and talks labor solidarity....
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the P.S. Business Journal — Study: Invest $7 billion in state transport needs, $42 billion in...
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