Investors in the aerospace and defense industry have enjoyed a strong return of 11.3 percent so far this year-as of Oct. 21-and that strength is primed to continue generating above-average returns over the foreseeable future. Government spending all

In the fall of 2015, Washington state's newly opened public charter schools faced a crisis. A lawsuit filed by Washington Education Association President Kim Mead and other executives at the teachers' union resulted in a hostile court order that sough

Besides colder weather and pumpkin carving, October also brings the beginning of the employee benefits open enrollment season. Nearly 40 percent of Washington state employers renew their employee benefit plans on Jan. 1, causing an intense surge in huma

Uncoupling state timber sales revenue from public school construction funding doesn't make sense. It'ss akin to killing the goose laying the golden eggs. That idea came up during this year's campaign for public lands commissioner. Democrat Hilary

Word on the street is that manufacturing is dead in the U.S. Companies are sending jobs overseas in order to compete. Block-size factories sit empty on deserted streets, aging with the dust of years gone by. Towns are boarded up as families move on to fin

As Seattle City Council members prepare to pass a controversial bill that would restrict how employers schedule their workers, evidence continues to reveal that such regulations are unnecessary and that many workers don't want them. A group of more tha

The Spokane City Council's recent decision to rescind its rail ordinance was welcome relief for the hundreds of local rail workers, not to mention the thousands of other shippers, growers, and manufacturers in our state who rely on railroads to move fre

The Medicare trustees released their annual report last week. The report shows a continuation of the gradual march to insolvency for the health insurance plan. Medicare began in 1965 as a government-run health insurance plan for seniors that provided an

What would it take to achieve the $1.7 billion target of economic impact from the life sciences that we have heard so much about? Three things: Commitment, collaboration, and capital. Can we, as a community, do it? I would answer yes, but only if we hav

Learning exclusively from textbooks and lectures of a traditional classroom setting is no longer enough to properly prepare students with the skills required by modern workplaces. A study by the Association of American Colleges & Universities found that s