No more band-aids for the state budget | Don Brunell
There is finally a bit of good news from Olympia. The state’s Revenue Forecast Council reports that tax revenues for this biennium will be $96 million higher than projected last November, and state tax collections for 2013-15 are projected to grow by 6.6 percent.
February 19, 2012
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Jazzercise for the cure | Feb. 25
Local Jazzercisers will help energize the crowd at Jazzercise For the Cure at 4:00 pm, Saturday, Feb. 25 when they gather for a 90-minute aerobic workout with all proceeds going to the Susan G Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer research at the Kent Commons.
February 19, 2012
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Greater Maple Valley - Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce announces its 2011 Business Award recipients
The Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce announced its 2011 Business Award recipients Feb. 10.
The Business of The Year Award went to Jim Flynn of Flynn Development, and the Economic Engine That Did Award went to Thrive Community Fitness.
February 13, 2012
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When it comes to taxes, keep it simple | Don Brunell
“Keep it simple.” This old saying is more than a bumper sticker slogan, it’s a principle that is especially important when it comes to taxes and regulations.
February 11, 2012
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Tips for winning government contracts | Calvin Goings
Can you imagine your small business providing that key product or service to the Department of Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Agriculture?
February 11, 2012
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Gino’s Bistro in Maple Valley to offer fresh scratch-made food
Just a few months after arriving in the United States from Peru at the tender age of 18 Gino Rivera’s father told him to get a job.
It would change his life and take him to Maple Valley twice.
February 9, 2012
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What a relief: power’s back on | Don Brunell
An old TV commercial for an antacid once asked heartburn sufferers, “How do you spell relief?”
January 29, 2012
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Washington state unemployment rate, job numbers down in December
December’s labor statistics from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics once again produced conflicting data about what’s happening in Washington’s economy.
January 22, 2012
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Buying American products creates American jobs | Don Brunell
As Congress and state legislatures struggle with the sluggish economy, high unemployment and growing deficits, it may seem that a solution is out of reach.
January 21, 2012
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Good and services deficit $47.8 billion | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $177.8 billion and imports of $225.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $47.8 billion, up from $43.3 billion in October, revised. November exports were $1.5 billion less than October exports of $179.4 billion. November imports were $2.9 billion more than October imports of $222.6 billion.
January 16, 2012
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Our initiative process needs to change | Don Brunell
Would you buy a new car or a new house without knowing how you’ll pay for it? Of course not. But Washington voters do something similar every time they approve a costly initiative without specifying how it will be paid for.
January 15, 2012
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