MARRIAGE EQUALITY ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Senate votes 28-21 to legalize same-sex marriage — Washington marched closer to crossing a historic threshold Wednesday...
REFINERY DEAL ► In today’s Bellingham Herald — U.S. refineries reach labor deal; strike averted at Ferndale, elsewhere –U.S. refiners and the USW reached tentative...
JOBS NOW… AND MORE LATER ► In Sunday’s News Tribune — Kilmer’s plan: Ingenious job creation in hard times(editorial) — A genuinely good idea tends...
LIVE BETTER, WORK UNION! ► In the LA Times — Union membership grew nationally in 2011 — U.S. labor unions picked up 49,000 new members...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► At Washington State Wire — Billion-dollar jobs plan is the talk of the town — but some worry about credit-card financing —...
‘RIGHT TO WORK’ FOR LESS UPDATE (Jan. 26): With the Indiana House’s passage of the right to work’ legislation, the Indiana AFL-CIO has requested an...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Bellingham Herald — Building permit numbers illustrate Whatcom County construction woes— Investment in new projects remained quite sluggish last year,...
ILWU-EGT ► In today’s (Longview) Daily News — ILWU, EGT reach tentative deal in Longview labor dispute— Union dock workers and EGT Development Monday reached...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Olympian — $1 billion plan could put 25,000 people to work— State lawmakers say talks continue on a more than...
‘RIGHT TO WORK’ (FOR LESS) ► At AFL-CIO Now — Republican Party makes RTW its top priority — The national Republican Party has selected Indiana...