As Seattle City Council members prepare to pass a controversial bill that would restrict how employers schedule their workers, evidence continues to reveal that such regulations are unnecessary and that many workers don't want them. A group of more tha

Initiative 1433, which would raise Washington state's minimum wage and would require all employers to begin offering sick leave, has noble intentions-to boost the income of more than 730,000 low-income workers, lift families out of poverty, and grow t

Laura Lawton, president and majority owner of 76-year-old Lawton Printing Inc., says the Spokane company has made a 'seven-figure purchase” of a digital press that she claims is the first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. Lawton says the company

BDO USA LLP, Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., and Moss Adams LLP are the three finalists in the 1,000-plus employee category of a Best Places To Work Inland Northwest recognition program launched this year by the Journal of Business. Prominent names also

GenPrime Inc., a biotech company based in downtown Spokane, says it has launched domestic sales of a point-of-care diagnostic device for workplace drug testing, called the POC Reader, with partner company Alere Inc., of Waltham, Pa. GenPrime says it and

The Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring the seventh annual Manufacturing Matters Expo, to be held Sept. 26 and 27. Rick Pickel, expo chairman and sales manager at Haskins Steel Co., says this year's event will have 50 exhibit

From a company that makes wireless USB devices to a North Idaho business that makes cider, Ignite Northwest may have with its third class its most diverse group of companies to date, says CEO Bill Savitz. 'We've got a total of 18 companies-10 in Sp

Orgill Inc., a large Memphis, Tenn.-based hard-goods distribution company, has bought for $12 million the former Kimball Office Inc. manufacturing plant in Post Falls, where it plans to open a distribution center and hire more than 100 employees. Orgill

Startup Spokane, a program of Greater Spokane Incorporated, will hold the inaugural Triangle Venture Expo next week as a way of showcasing 12 technology-related companies. The expo will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 14, and Thursday, Sept. 15, starting wit