We aren’t too far into 2022, and it is already shaping up to be another challenging year for America’s 5.5 million family businesses dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.Rampant inflation, supply chain bottlenecks and acute worker shortages continue.Family businesses are vital to America. According to the Conway Center for Family Business,...
As business owners and workers at businesses throughout the Tri-Cities, you are busy balancing your work and family life while at the same time trying to keep an eye on the issues that impact you.There are so many issues coming out of local governments in Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, West Richland,...
There’s no lack of financial press reporting on the effect of inflation on our day-to-day lives. We don’t need to read about it in popular media to feel inflation’s effect each time we fuel up our vehicles, buy groceries for our families, or pay for the variety of goods and services...
Tom Black puts out plenty of fires when clients come ready to turn retirement savings into a retirement plan. Tom BlackOvercomplicated investment portfolios. Ill-advised financial packages. Fear.But there’s one problem he can’t solve – missing out on dreams out of fear of running out of money.The eighty-something who never went...
Does the Washington state estate tax got you thinking of moving away? Maybe other things have you considering relocating and the estate tax is just the straw that broke the camel’s back? Perhaps you are lucky enough to own a second home in Arizona or another state and think you...
When my wife, Leah, and I found out two years ago that we were expecting our first child, I was ecstatic. I could already imagine the joys ahead: holding my tiny newborn for the first time, pushing my laughing toddler in a swing and proudly letting go of the bike...
If there’s an economic competition at play in Benton and Franklin counties, the winning sector for the century to-date is health care.At least, if we measure performance by the number of people employed.As Benton-Franklin Trend data illustrates, health care’s share of the two-county workforce clocked in at 13.8% in 2020....
My 10-month-old daughter is a pandemic baby through and through.She was conceived during the pandemic, she encountered the virus in the womb, and she tested positive for omicron at the beginning of this year.I’ve also gone toe-to-toe with the virus three times.My Covid-19 story begins with a Hawaiian vacation.Mentions of...
By Arielle DreherThe Spokesman-ReviewWashington was one of the first states to regulate naturopaths, and even today, the law requires providers to attend an accredited four-year graduate program before being eligible for a license.It is an unusually strict approach for a medical industry that is loosely regulated in many states.Naturopathic medicine...
Like so many other states, the teacher shortage is hitting Washington hard.Staffing shortages in our schools have resulted in multiple cancellations of classes, leaving students and families to navigate shifting schedules and academic interruptions.The crisis has led the state to approve 10% more emergency substitute certificates, according to state schools...
