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Committee-deciders couldn’t thread the Needle with their tangled bureaucracy | Brunell’s Business View

No project can garner 100 percent support — there will always be proponents and opponents. Even the world’s…

Business

Red tape is a tourniquet on entrepreneurial lifeblood | Brunell’s Business View

Greece is Europe's poster child for debt, with experts predicting default even after massive bailouts. Knowing that, wouldn't…

Business

State health insurance is too important to snooze through | Brunell’s Business View

When you talk about state health insurance exchanges, eyes tend to glaze over. (See, it’s happening right now.)…

Business

Export-Import Bank fuels trade and job growth | Brunell’s Business View

It started in 1935 with a $3.8 million loan to Cuba for the purchase of U.S. silver ingots.…

Business

An Example for Us All | Don Brunell

Adversity often brings out the best in people. We find ways to pitch in and solve problems that…

Business

An Example for Us All | Don Brunell

Adversity often brings out the best in people. We find ways to pitch in and solve problems that…

Business

Cutting through Washington’s tax maze | Don Brunell’s Business View

"Keep it simple." This old saying is more than a bumper sticker slogan, it's a principle that is…

Business

It’s the economy, stupid: Why Washington state can’t forget the mistakes of ’93 | BUSINESS VIEW

In 1992, Bill Clinton's campaign slogan was, "It's the economy, stupid." In 1993, Washington employers modified the slogan…

Opinion

BUSINESS VIEW: Union negotiations can’t remain ‘business as usual’

The confrontation between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and state employees has focused the nation’s attention on government unions.…

Opinion

BUSINESS VIEW: Private sector is stepping up for tourism

Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention. That’s particularly true in these tough economic times, as…

Opinion

BUSINESS VIEW: Paychecks beat unemployment checks

The hardest thing an employer has to do is to call someone into the office and tell them…

Opinion

BUSINESS VIEW: California is bleeding manufacturing jobs; could Washington be next?

State lawmakers convening in Olympia are looking under every pebble for new money.

Opinion

BUSINESS VIEW: Global competition is the new certainty

Remember the old saying – the only things certain in life are death and taxes?