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  • Jobs report shows a historic stall in hiring last year

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    The revisions show the United States added only 181,000 jobs last year — the first year of the new Trump administration — one of the lowest increases ever outside recessions. 
  • How WA lawmakers are trying to regulate data centers

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    With data centers expected to become the largest source of electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest, Washington legislators are pressing ahead with a bill aimed at protecting the grid and offsetting potential hikes for utility ratepayers. 
  • Report: WA businesses paid half of state, local taxes in 2024

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    Even before state lawmakers passed a large package of new taxes last year, the state already had a reputation for putting a significant tax burden on businesses, according to a recent report. 
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Real Estate & Construction

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    Buyers, sellers on more equal footing in Tri-City housing market

    Despite a government shutdown, hundreds being laid off at the region’s largest employer and growing costs for everything from fuel to food, homes still moved and prices continued to inch upward, albeit at a slower rate than in recent years, leading to a more balanced market for buyers and sellers alike.

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    Top properties reveal who pays the most taxes

    Homeowners may grumble about their property tax bills, but the biggest share of the burden falls on large agricultural and industrial companies across Benton and Franklin counties. 

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    Church expansion

    Growing congregation moves into multimillion-dollar church

    After four years and several million dollars, a growing Tri-City congregation has completed work on a larger church and more projects on the horizon.

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Banking & Wealth Mangement

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    Behind the scenes

    Paid and volunteer boards shape bank, credit union leadership

    While CEOs and other executives are often the most well-paid and public faces at the top of financial institutions, they are beholden to those who sit in the board room and scrutinize their institution’s financial performance, potential risks and long-range goals for growth.

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    These are the states where incomes grew the most, least in recent decades

    Household incomes have grown in nearly every state over the past 50 years, but a new study concludes that growth has been uneven across the country.

  • Blockchain
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    Crypto exchange company reopens while state investigation continues

    A Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange company that serves the Tri-Cities area has resumed full operations after state regulators ordered it to stop collecting any new funds and refund customers, alleging the firm wrongfully claimed millions of dollars of wired funds as its own income.

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Transportation

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    Ben Franklin Transit CEO steps aside amid investigation

    The CEO of Ben Franklin Transit is taking voluntary paid administrative leave while an ongoing investigation into financial allegations continues amid union tensions.

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    Keep on trucking

    How Oasis Freight scaled from mom-and-pop to multistate powerhouse

    This Kennewick-based company’s small business success story is one that entrepreneurs dream about.

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    Mid-Columbia ports to partner with Seattle, Tacoma on logistics hub

    Representatives from the ports of Benton, Pasco and Walla Walla will sign an agreement Feb. 5 in Olympia with the ports of Seattle and Tacoma to leverage the Tri-Cities’ strategic location and resources to ease trade with the global market.

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Business Profiles

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    From FFA to their own shop, teens nurture their budding venture

    On Valentine’s Day last year, two friends turned their love of flowers into a business. Since then, their fledgling floral shop has weathered its first year of weddings, holidays and hands-on lessons in entrepreneurship. Now, the teen owners are ready to let their floral ambitions bloom even bigger.

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    New Richland laundromat to offer inclusive workplace

    When Jeffrey Peterson’s son Alexander received his first paycheck, the moment changed everything and ultimately sparked a business venture with an inclusive workplace.

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    From casseroles to cybercrime

    A Kennewick woman’s wild ride with fame, fraud, food

    This is a story about a Kennewick-based food blogger who built a worldwide online following. It’s also a tale of how her recipe site got tangled in an illicit drug ring. And how a seemingly harmless podcast appearance resulted in her losing every single one of her Facebook followers.

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Building Tri-Cities

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    Golf Universe at Canyon Lakes

    Golf Universe has completed the first phase of a new retail and pro shop facility at 3700 W. Canyon Lakes Drive in Kennewick.

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    ICCU Richland Branch

    Idaho Central Credit Union has opened a new Richland branch at 3180 Duportail St., north of Keene Road near Walmart, Target and Home Depot. 

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    Surf Thru Express Car Wash

    Surf Thru Express Car Wash is nearing completion of a new express car wash facility at 624 S. Ely St. in Kennewick.

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    When government goes silent, trust suffers

    Government works best out in the open and in the light. When public agencies make critical decisions behind closed doors, the people they serve are left guessing and trust suffers.

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    Washington’s competitive edge is eroding

    Washington has long been a high-cost state for employers, but new data show the state is increasingly losing its competitive edge in key areas.

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    More financial pain on horizon for state’s forgotten constituency

    Most elected officials have no idea what it’s like to risk everything you have or to struggle to meet payroll for your employees and their families as waves of new taxes, fees and regulations threaten to drown you and your business.  

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