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Coronavirus testing telecommuting effectiveness
Employers offering a work from home option has grown by 40 percent in the past 5 years
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Worn out wind blades plugging up landfills
While wind farms generate “greenhouse gas free” electricity, there is increasing concern about the rapidly growing number of…
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Keeping health workers healthy is key to fighting deadly diseases
Keeping hospitals and health workers healthy is key to fighting diseases. Given all the new, more deadly viruses…
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Copper making comeback as major disease fighter
Government leaders, doctors, and medical researchers worldwide are working feverishly to stop the spread of the coronavirus and…
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Dams are the Northwest flood busters
We need to remember that that network is saving our bacon
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Student loan assistance attractive employer benefit
To help workers distracted by financial worries
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Bridges shouldn’t have to sink to be replaced
Bridges shouldn’t have to sink to be replaced. However, at times that’s what it takes. Too often new…
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Boeing’s resiliency being tested with grounded 737MAX
The grounding of the 737MAX is testing Boeing’s resiliency. It has turned the company upside down in just…
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Impeachment aside: there’s work to be done
Now that President Trump’s impeachment process is formally underway, Democrats and Republicans need to avoid becoming completely absorbed…
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Power of reliable power
Our state’s economy and way of life hinges on low cost and reliable electricity. Since Grand Coulee and…
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High costs drive people to move
Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes and fees on taxpayers; however, it comes…
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Mitsubishi launching into regional jet space
Traditionally, media coverage of the Paris Air Show focuses on the battle between Boeing and Airbus over market…
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Labor Day epilogue: partnering for Success
A few years ago on Labor Day, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee presented a compelling commentary on the…
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Drones planting trees in burned wildlands
While drones are coming of age in firefighting, they are also establishing a foothold in restoring fire-scorched forests.
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Careful not to follow Sweden’s haste | Brunell
Sweden and Washington state are very similar. Both have strong “green” movements and are quickly moving to eliminate…
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America’s renewed interest in the moon
Today’s space race not only has China and India competition, but private sector investors as well
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Nothing cheesy: Apollo missions brought us more than just the moon
America needed something to bring people together. Apollo 11 accomplished that.
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China’s mighty migrating mandate
Country has to get serious about its trash problem as its fast-paced economy expands
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Restoring affordability to a college education is vital to America
Focus needs to be on approaches, which are affordable and effective for students and their families
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Family-owned business backbone of America
During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Bill Clinton famously intoned, “I feel your pain,” reassuring voters he understood…