'It's not what you earn. It's what you keep.” That advice from my mother about saving has been ringing in my ears lately as I look at Spokane earnings data. In 2022, we didn't 'keep” as much as before. And it's not necessarily due to

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It has become abundantly clear that digital demands on companies have skyrocketed in the past three years following the onset of the pandemic as workers went remote and consumers spent more time online, and those demands are here to stay.