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Seattle Takes Light Rail Train to Job Growth

In a related Reuters story, APTA spotlights Seattle, “where transit rides rose 11.8 percent over the year as the metropolitan area added more than 30,000 jobs.” From January 2012 to January 2013, the state of Washington added some 65,800 jobs (98 percent of which were in the private sector), with the unemployment rate now holding steady at around 7.5 percent statewide, 6.3 percent in Seattle. Continue reading Seattle Takes Light Rail Train to Job Growth

News, Politics, Transportation

Sen. Cantwell vs. the Speculator Gang in an FTC Shoot-Out

The FTC’s Jon Leibowitz wrote in a letter to Cantwell: “The Energy Information Administration reported that as of early May, U.S. refiners’ refining margins had increased more than 90 percent since the beginning of 2011, and U.S. refiners at that time were using only 81.7 percent of their capacity, representing a seven percent reduction from the same period in 2010.”

“In Washington state,” says Cantwell’s office in a release, “gas prices have gone up 74 cents-per-gallon over the last three months, and 93 cents-per-gallon over the last year.” Continue reading Sen. Cantwell vs. the Speculator Gang in an FTC Shoot-Out