Gov. Jay Inslee wasted no time churning out a press release touting CNBC's recent ranking of Washington as the No. 1 state for business. He vowed to continue pushing the policies he credits with pushing Washington to the top of list: 'My top priorit

Members of the Seattle City Council who are proposing a tax on the gross income of Seattle residents they view as 'the wealthy” need to come clean with those constituents who are actually hoping for additional revenue to deal with what they perceive a

As the state's oldest and largest business association, the Association of Washington Business is recognized as the voice of employers, advocating on behalf of businesses of all sizes and from all industries to promote a healthy economy. We're proud

A few weeks ago, 70 people gathered at the Association of Washington Business on a Saturday afternoon to talk about how to bring jobs to rural Washington. It was heartening to see so many people interested in tackling a problem that's beginning to gain

Ever wonder how health insurance came to be married to employment? As health care expenses began to increase in the 1920s, new markets among the middle class opened, and insurers began to experiment with employment-based plans. Since health care involves

Raising taxes on 'the wealthy” might seem like a great idea until you realize that many of the proposals coming out of Olympia would apply to small business owners who don't meet most folks' definition of wealthy. For example, a proposed 66 perce

'He farmed through the '80s,” was the phrase used to describe my father-in-law's career. Navigating severe ups and downs, multiple neighbors going under, depressing outlooks, extremely low crop prices, and deteriorating land values, my father-i

Small businesses-and the 550,000 risk-takers who operate them-are the lifeblood of communities across Washington state. This fact may be more apparent in rural towns that often have few or no large businesses to help generate the economic energy tha

For several years I have been dutifully sending cartoons to The New Yorker, only to have them dutifully rejected by the editors. I finally decided that I needed to go to New York and hand-deliver my cartoons. This, I thought, would be my big chance to be

The SmileMobile, a mobile dental clinic, made a recent visit to Spokane. Sponsored by Washington Dental Service Foundation and funded by Delta Dental of Washington, the SmileMobile travels around the state providing low-cost care to those unable to access