You see a lot in the news these days about public employee pension costs pushing cities and states to the brink of bankruptcy.
Private sector employers confronted the same crisis years ago and are still struggling with it today.
The hardest thing an employer has to do is to call someone into the office and tell them the business isn’t making enough money to keep them on.
Today, many small businesses across America struggle to provide health benefits to their employees. On average, small businesses pay about 18 percent more than large businesses for the same health insurance policy.
State Auditor Brian Sonntag reports that our workers’ compensation system is unsustainable ― that huge premium increases are needed to keep the program solvent. But those increases, which must be paid mainly by employers, will cripple our ability to recover from the recession.
Jason Jones headed to Las Vegas with his mother, Cheryl Jones, but not for the glitz and glamor of the city built on gaming and showgirls.
State lawmakers convening in Olympia are looking under every pebble for new money. They must write a budget with as much as 20 percent less tax revenue.
Remember the old saying: The only things certain in life are death and taxes? You need to add global competition to that list.
Gail Hill was named to the Women in Insurance and Financial Services Leaders Recognition Society Oct. 21 in Boston.
She has worked in the insurance and financial services industry for more than 23 years, and is a financial planner at AXA Advisors with offices Covington and Bellevue.
VCA Covington Animal Hospital of Covington has again received accreditation following a comprehensive evaluation by the American Animal Hospital Association. The evaluation includes a quality assessment review of the hospital’s facility, medical equipment, practice methods and pet health care management.
Valley Medical Center recently received a 2010 Impact Award for Enterprise Patient Informatics Solutions (EPIS) by Royal Philips Electronics, a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting.
VMC received the Emergin Impact Award for increasing both the average daily census and parent satisfaction in its 13-bed pediatric unit.
Valley Medical Center has appointed Karen Irish as its new administrative director for cancer services.
Ask any entrepreneur what their biggest holdup to launching or growing their business is, and the answer will come quick and sure: Money.
President Obama’s most recent drilling moratorium along the East Coast and in parts of the Gulf of Mexico may have…
The Greater Maple Valley Networking Association announced the weekly meetings have been moved from the Lake Wilderness Golf Course to The Cedar Grill at 23621 Maple Valley Hwy., Maple Valley.
Both Washingtons are in a financial bind. In our nation’s capital, President Obama and Congress are running trillion-dollar budget deficits and our national debt will soon exceed $14 trillion.
How much is that? To pay back $14 trillion, you’d have to spend $1 each second for the next 448,000 years.
Electric cars are the new wave in automobile technology. Many see them as the way to cut greenhouse gas emissions…
The Covington IHOP celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 1.
Even though voters rejected Initiative 1082, which would have allowed private insurers to write workers’ compensation insurance in our state, the need to reform the system has become even greater. It has become too costly for employers and too cumbersome for injured workers, and in 2011, rates will increase an average of 12 percent.
MultiCare and city officials participated in a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 10 at the Covington Urgent Care site to commemorate 24-hour emergency department the health care facility is building.
For too many Americans, the last three Thanksgivings have been pretty lean. Our nation is suffering from the longest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Particularly