Regional News

Thu, Oct 21, 2021 7:43 AM

(The Center Square) – The Washington Employment Security Department (ESD) mismanaged more than $601 million in unemployment...

Thu, Oct 21, 2021 5:57 AM

(The Center Square) – Washington state’s unemployment rate in September was 4.9%, down slightly from 5.1% in August, the...

Wed, Oct 20, 2021 1:00 PM

(The Center Square) – New polling from the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI) indicates that law-and-order-focused candidates...

Wed, Oct 20, 2021 11:12 AM

(The Center Square) – As of Wednesday morning, 1,887 Washington state employees had either been fired or voluntarily left their...

Wed, Oct 20, 2021 10:02 AM

The average cost of a college education in the United States is $35,720 a year -- three times higher than it was two decades ago....

Wed, Oct 20, 2021 9:23 AM

(The Center Square) – Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is going full speed ahead in his efforts to ban credit...

Tue, Oct 19, 2021 2:45 PM

(The Center Square) – Washington State Patrol’s (WSP) decision to terminate the employment of 127 people Tuesday for refusing to...

Tue, Oct 19, 2021 12:08 PM

(The Center Square) – The Arizona Department of Public Safety is in the process of issuing several new badges to former...

Tue, Oct 19, 2021 9:58 AM

(The Center Square) – Hundreds of Washington state employees were fired Monday for refusing to comply with Gov. Jay Inslee’s...

Mon, Oct 18, 2021 12:06 PM

(The Center Square) – The city of Redmond had the second-largest increase in sales tax revenue last year among Washington...

Mon, Oct 18, 2021 10:13 AM

(The Center Square) – Washington state employees who do not receive an exemption must be fully vaccinated by today or face...

Sun, Oct 17, 2021 5:02 AM

The United States has some of the highest levels of income and wealth inequality in the world. U.S. Federal Reserve data shows...

Fri, Oct 15, 2021 4:00 PM

(The Center Square) – A new video from the Washington Policy Center (WPC) highlights the efforts of the Jamestown S’Klallam...

Fri, Oct 15, 2021 2:38 PM

(The Center Square) – The city of Seattle had the largest drop in sales tax revenue last year among Washington municipalities,...

Thu, Oct 14, 2021 2:40 PM

(The Center Square) – Some 95,000 residents in Washington state applied for exemptions from a new tax aimed at funding a new...

Thu, Oct 14, 2021 1:20 PM

(The Center Square) – The city of Oak Harbor had the sixth-largest increase in sales tax revenue last year among Washington...

Wed, Oct 13, 2021 2:12 PM

(The Center Square) – The city of SeaTac had the third-largest drop in sales tax revenue last year among Washington...

Wed, Oct 13, 2021 12:22 PM

(The Center Square) – The city of Spokane had the fifth-largest drop in sales tax revenue last year among Washington...

Wed, Oct 13, 2021 12:19 PM

(The Center Square) – DuPont is now the ninth Washington city to ban local income taxes, bringing the total number of anti-tax...

Tue, Oct 12, 2021 1:35 PM

(The Center Square) – The city of Bellevue had the second-largest drop in sales tax revenue last year among Washington...