Before fancy trusts and gifting, before engaging attorneys, before buying insurance, put pen to paper to determine if your financial plan can sustain the cost.

Benton-Franklin Trends’ Patrick Jones crunches the data on the bicounty’s per adult capita value of investment income and offers several reasons why investment income is relatively low here.

Q&A with Mike Crowley, president, North America, Lamb Weston.

A good company culture is more than just a nice place to work – it’s a thriving entity where every individual is united by a shared purpose, vision and set of core values.

Why is it that these potential loans appear to be so lucrative … and is the opportunity too good to be true? The answer is that the lender is usually taking on far greater risk and should only engage in this lending with a clear understanding of the tradeoffs.

Raising taxes now would only make it more difficult for businesses to compete with other states and regions, and more difficult for many of the state’s smallest businesses to survive. 

Q&A with Patricia Chvatal, Allison King, Elisa Cantu, attorneys at Chvatal King Law Office.

While small modular reactors have a long road ahead, the latest demand projections are accelerating development. New nuclear technology is coming with sizable investments. That’s good news because without nuclear, prospects for providing greenhouse gas free electricity are highly unlikely.

After years of odious political behavior, it is time for elected officials to focus on governing our nation with civility and respect. It is time to go back to acting for the common good.

Trusts are not the solution for every estate plan.