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Forget the Unemployment Rate: The Alarming Stat Is the Number of ‘Missing Workers’

Posted May 4th, 2013 by National Journal

The Idled Young Americans

Posted May 4th, 2013 by New York Times Columnist

Not Enough Inflation

Posted May 4th, 2013 by New York Times Columnist

Combatting the Crisis: ECB Cuts Interest Rates to Record Low

Posted May 4th, 2013 by Der Spiegel

Uncertainty Is the Enemy of Recovery

Posted April 29th, 2013 by Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

These Slides Show Why We Have Such A Huge Budget Deficit And Why Taxes Need To Go Up

Posted April 29th, 2013 by Business Insider

The Democrats Have Lost on Sequestration

Posted April 28th, 2013 by Washington Post Columnist

Economy Grew at 2.5 Percent in 1st Quarter, Amping Fears of a Stalled Recovery

Posted April 26th, 2013 by Washington Post

The 1 Percent’s Solution

Posted April 26th, 2013 by New York Times Columnist

White House Admits 2012 Was Costliest for Regulation

Posted April 26th, 2013 by Real Clear Policy

Latest State

Officials Explore Use of Temporary, Portable Bridge as Quick Fix

State Officials Looking at Using a Temporary Bridge

By Steve Miletich and Jack Broom | Seattle Times
I-5 Bridge Collapse Should Prompt Focus on Maintenance

Whatever Cause of Collapse, Incident Shows Need for Infrastructure Investment

By Editorial | Seattle Times
State Lawmakers Vote No on Flaws, Yes to Retouching

Shocker! Solons Get Photoshop Help in Official Portraits

By Melissa Santos | The News Tribune
PDC: Tacoma PAC That Sent Attack Mailers Against Connelly Violated State Law

State's Million-Dollar Candidate Was Attacked by Supporters of Jeannie Darneille

By Lewis Kamb | The News Tribune
Students Help Expand Scholarship Opportunities

Washington State’s Opportunity Scholarship Program is Right to Turn to its Scholars for Help Broadening and Deepening the Program’s Reach

By Editorial
It’s Harder to be a Husky This Year — More Turned Away at UW

By Katherine Long | Seattle Times
Scholarships Aim to Encourage Students to Study Science, Engineering

Boeing, Microsoft Kick in $25 Million for Scholarship Program

By Glenn Farley | KING-5 TV

Latest National/World

Menendez: We Don’t Have 60 Votes for Immigration Reform Bill

Democrats hold 55 votes in the Senate, and there are four members of the Gang of Eight who are Republicans. But not all Democratic votes are assured.

By Politico
The Rise of the Fourth Branch of Government

The result is that a citizen is 10 times more likely to be tried by an agency than by an actual court.

By Washington Post Op-Ed
Analysis: Obama Expresses Regrets But Seeks To Retain Anti-Terror Powers

“To put it crassly, the president sought to rebuke his own administration for taking the positions it has — but also to make sure that it could continue to do so.”

By Washington Post
Low-Skilled Workers Get Raw Deal Under Obamacare

Obamacare's requirement that insurance policies include "essential" benefits such as mental health services apply only to small businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

By Real Clear Politics
Seven Thrilling Facts About Carbon Taxes from the CBO

The burden imposed by a tax of $20 per ton on CO2 emissions would amount to 1.8 percent of before-tax income for households in the lowest quintile and about 0.7 percent of before-tax income for households in the highest quintile.

By Washington Post
German Solar Will Cost 4X Finnish Nuclear

The Olkiluoto nuclear reactor in Finland is commonly perceived as the poster child of construction delays and cost overruns.

By Real Clear Energy
How Ideas From Private Industry Help Combat Medicare Fraud, Waste, And Abuse

Such fraud-control programs in consumer banking have reduced losses by more than two-thirds over twenty years despite more sophisticated and more global fraud activities.

By Health Affairs