Paul Roberts
Business Reporter at Seattle Times
Carefully covering capitalism in the 21st century for The Seattle Times. News tips/harangues: [email protected] He/HIMARS
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1 week ago |
seattletimes.com | Paul Roberts |Shauna Sowersby
As state lawmakers look for ways to cut Washington’s $16 billion budget shortfall, one of the state’s largest and most delayed IT projects is under uncomfortable scrutiny. In 2015, the state Department of Labor and Industries began work to modernize the decades-old technology used to manage medical claims from workers injured on the job.
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3 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | David Gutman |Paul Roberts
Amid a widening trade war launched by President Donald Trump, Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell is leading a bipartisan push to give Congress more authority in setting tariffs. Cantwell on Thursday introduced legislation that would limit the ability of the president to impose tariffs unilaterally. Cantwell, a Democrat, co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. Under the new legislation, all new tariffs would expire in 60 days unless they are approved by Congress.
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3 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Paul Roberts
In what has become a grueling economic ritual, companies, farmers and other commercial players in Washington are again scrambling to assess the costs of another round of tariffs by President Donald Trump. On Wednesday — or “Liberation Day,” as Trump calls it — the president announced his latest trade policy salvo: a system of “reciprocal” tariffs that would tax imported goods based on charges that other countries impose on U.S. goods.
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1 month ago |
star-telegram.com | Paul Roberts
BELLINGHAM - Canadians unhappy with President Donald Trump's tariffs and hot talk aren't just booing American teams. They're spending less at Washington's border-town businesses, judging by reports from communities like Bellingham that rely heavily on Canadian shoppers and guests. Substantially fewer Canadians are crossing into Washington, according to border data. They're showing up less frequently at stores, restaurants and hotels.
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2 months ago |
seattletimes.com | Paul Roberts
Leavenworth, the Cascades “Christmastown” with a zealously enforced Old World Bavarian theme, has thoughts when it comes to public displays. So when a local Christian prayer group started building a 70-foot, LED-lit cross on a forested ridge above town last summer, it touched off a dispute that has roiled the community and could well end up in court. Backers describe the cross as a celebration of faith and a response to their concerns that Christianity has suffered under progressive culture.
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