The Hanford nuclear site cleanup work happening in our backyard costs billions of dollars and relies on a complicated network of companies, favorable-to-Hanford political winds and the talents and time of its many workers. This complex cleanup project has long been a driver of the Tri-City economy, involving many contracts,...
As state lawmakers enter the final weeks of the 2021 legislative session – and the start of the second year of the pandemic – the condition of the state budget is nothing short of amazing.At this time last year, the economy was in lockdown and unemployment was surging. Almost overnight,...
The Ever Given’s six-day grounding in one of the narrowest parts of the Suez Canal underscores the vulnerability of the world’s supply chain and the choke points that can disrupt the global economy.The reverberations will be felt for months as consumer demand, suppressed by the Covid-19 pandemic, ramps up.The canal,...
History tells us that what we call the Tri-Cities started out as one railroad town and a handful of tiny farm-to-market burgs spread out along the Columbia River.Today, it is a proper metropolitan area with more than 300,000 people. On May 6, the Columbia Basin Badgers Club will tackle the...
The first anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns that rattled the Tri-Cities as well as the world coincide with the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business’ monthly focus on food, wine and the hospitality industry. We confess we were apprehensive as we prepared for this edition, fearing a paper full of doom...
In the last few months, dozens of Washington students have gone online and signed up for accounts in a new matchmaking website.But it’s not what you’re thinking.The matchmaker is the Washington Workforce Portal, and its aim is to connect college-age students with real-world job experience in their local communities. The...
The U.S. Constitution guarantees law-abiding Americans the right to keep and bear arms, but once again, our Second Amendment rights are under attack by the left.Democrats in the House are bringing forth two pieces of legislation that aim to make it even harder for citizens to legally obtain a firearm....
Like many organizations that survived the coronavirus pandemic — at least we think we’re surviving —the Columbia Basin Badger Club is starting to wonder what the future will hold.Will we simply go back to the way things were? Probably not.A year ago, we had to postpone what promised to be...
As the Covid-19 pandemic passes the one-year mark, it is natural to look for light at the end of the tunnel. That could be premature if the data we see on our screens is to be believed. But not all the news is bad.
British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, “The best government is one that desires to make the people happy and knows how to make them happy.”That standard is clearly not what people are experiencing in Washington state.For years, leaders in state government have been increasing the tax burden and imposing ever-tighter...
