October 10, 2024, 8:20am Business
As Hurricane Milton pummeled Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists worry it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry and other hazardous waste across the peninsula and into vulnerable waterways. Read story
October 10, 2024, 8:18am Business
Under a new proposal up for a Spokane City Council vote next week, tenants could not be evicted or have their rent increased if their landlord is not properly registered. Read story
October 10, 2024, 8:16am Business
She blames greedy companies for price-gouging. He blames the Biden administration’s economic policies. Read story
October 10, 2024, 8:15am Business
Marriott International has agreed to pay $52 million and make changes to bolster its data security to resolve state and federal claims related to major data breaches that affected more than 300 million of its customers worldwide. Read story
October 10, 2024, 8:15am Business
Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race. Read story
October 10, 2024, 8:14am Business
The number of Americans filing for for unemployment benefits last week jumped to its highest level in a year, which analysts are saying is more likely a result of Hurricane Helene — and the Boeing machinist strike — than a broader softening in the labor market. Read story
October 10, 2024, 8:13am Business
Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. Read story
October 10, 2024, 6:09am Business
A developer has proposed 13 industrial buildings on a roughly 6-acre property off state Highway 503 in Brush Prairie, according to planning documents submitted to Clark County. Read story