Three years after crooks stole billions in unemployment insurance funds, federal and state officials are still scrambling to retrieve the money that was directed to the jobless and plug leaks in their systems. According to a recent Wall Street Journal

The good news is, despite higher prices, inflation, and safety concerns, more Christmas shoppers are browsing online and making in-store purchases. The National Retail Federation reported this year an estimated 166.3 million people visited stores from

To 'Build Back America” key workers must return to jobsites. It is not good enough for President Biden to lean back on low unemployment numbers and claim success when employers cannot find workers.

If you live in Spokane, you know about its waste-to-energy facility, which burns up to 800 tons of solid waste a day and can generate 22 megawatts of electricity-enough to power 13,000 homes. It is part of Spokane's overall system that encourages

Implausible as it may seem, gasoline powered vehicles can be part of reducing carbon emissions. They need to be part of the solution and not brushed aside. Take, for example, Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana. There is a fleet of 33 tour

Critics contend the U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting how the nation's main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants was a 'gut punch.”

Regenerating millions of western forested acres scorched by large wildfires is a Herculean task costing hundreds of billions. However, healthy growing woodlands are essential to reducing atmospheric CO2 and providing abundant clean air

Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, economies in the industrial world were moving along fairly smoothly with reliable supply chains with 'just in time” component arrivals, predictable product deliveries

Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray have their priorities backward when it comes to rebuilding Snake River salmon and steelhead runs. Instead of focusing on ripping out dams with fish passages and navigation locks, they should find ways to reopen

Thinning public woodlands to remove millions of dead trees is a way to generate much-needed cash to reduce wildfire risks, improve forest health, and protect rural homeowners and farms. It is money the U.S.