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Yakima has the state's fastest-growing economy

**A void created when the U.S. pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has lawmakers pushing the Trump administration for clues to how the U.S. will increase Pacific Rim trade without the massive trade pact. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer assured members of the House Ways and Means Committee last week the U...

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle nonprofit that converts unused buildings into temporary shelters for women, children and families who are homeless will have a permanent home at Amazon's new headquarters building. Mary's Place said in a news release Wednesday that Amazon will donate over 47,000 square feet of space in the downtown building for what will be called Mary's Place Family Shelter...

ADP, a company that touts themselves as "a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions" has put out their quarterly "Workforce Vitality Index" which measure indicators like Total Employment Growth, Job Turnover Ratio, Change In Hours Worked, Wage Growth for the who stay in the same job and Wage Growth for those who change jobs and once

Leaving an old job for a better paycheck? Maybe not, if the old boss can help it. A lawsuit targeting fast-food sandwich chain Jimmy John's has put scrutiny on agreements banning low- and middle-wage workers from competing against their former employers...

Export Exchange 2014 kicked off Monday in Seattle.

Leaving fruit on trees because of a lack of labor has happened in the past in the Yakima Valley.

Democratic Representative Rosa Delauro of Connecticut introduced a federal sweetener tax bill to congress Wednesday.

The general manager of Yakima Worker Care who's in charge of drug testing says she expects an increase in testing by employers now that marijuana is legalized in the state.

Texas Congressman Kevin Brady’s Death Tax Repeal Act has 218 co-sponsors. The proposed legislation would repeal estate taxes.