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Inside a south Thurston County barn late Sunday afternoon, amid windy conditions and scattered sun breaks, a graduation ceremony offered a glimpse of the future.
And the future looks bright.
A commercial fisherman most of his life, Louie Ungaro remembers 5,000 coho returning each year. He has watched that number drop nearly every year since.
This year, the fishery was down to just 300.
"I'm heartbroken. From what it was when I was a little boy to what it is today, it's a crime," he said.
THE U.S. federal government spends about $5.7 billion annually to help people with serious mental illness, according to a recent investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Today, Representative Denny Heck (WA-10) announced the Thurston County Economic Development Council Business Resource Center was selected to receive a U.S. Small Business Administration grant of $189,000 to provide small businesses the opportunity to expand in order to support local jobs and grow the local economy.
There were hugs, cheers and some tears Tuesday when nearly 20 immigrants recited the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at South Puget Sound Community College.
The first strong Washington endorsement of the agreement under which Iran will not develop nuclear weapons, negotiated by the U.S. and five major powers, has come from two-term U.S. Rep. Denny Heck.
A small crop-duster manufacturer and a Texas company that exports oil equipment fret about losing 25 percent to 40 percent of their sales. The president of a trade-financing firm says many of his 1,000 clients could see their Christmas season business plummet.
WASHINGTON—Political opponents have managed to shut the U.S. Export-Import Bank for the most of the summer by arguing it rewards politically connected corporate giants.
President Barack Obama speaks about the importance of congressional reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. The White House is pushing Congress to include the renewal in highway legislation. The Ex-Im Bank's charter expired on June 30. The president speaks after meeting with small-business owners at the White House.
In Congress, it’s death-by-inertia. Rip an institution down to its studs and allow the clock to run out. Voila!
On July 1, the federal Export-Import Bank, a boon to Boeing and other Northwest employers, went gentle into that good night. (The Ex-Im homepage reads like a Depression-era sign: AUTHORITY HAS LAPSED).
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