Starbucks reports record revenue as store count, prices rise

Starbucks reported record revenue in the April-June period, benefitting from hundreds of new stores and higher prices.

How to recession-proof your life

If you think a recession could destabilize your finances, here are some things you can do to prepare.

Man opens up about leaving teaching for better-paying Walmart job

The 28-year-old man said the chance to move up without getting an advanced degree was one of the motivating factors for him to leave the education field.

What's in, and out, of Democrats' climate, health care and inflation bill

Here’s a look at the Democrats' "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" as it stands after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and holdout Sen. Joe Manchin reached a deal.

Manchin says deal reached with Schumer on tax and climate bill

In a startling turnabout, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin have reached an expansive agreement that had eluded them for months on health care, energy and climate issues, taxes on higher earners and corporations and trimming the federal debt.

Fed hikes interest rate by 0.75 percentage points in bid to curb inflation

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in three decades to tame high inflation.

US new home sales drop to lowest level in 2 years

New single-family home purchases tumbled 8.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000 units, the lowest level since April 2020.

Fed set to impose another big rate hike to fight inflation

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Wednesday will address the Fed's plans to raise interest rates until inflation falls, even if it possibly slows economic growth.

2 arrested in Seattle in Fed's first-ever crypto insider trading case

A former Coinbase product manager and his brother, along with a Houston man, were charged Thursday in what federal authorities described as the U.S. government’s first cryptocurrency insider trading case.

WA Supreme Court rules that trust lands are to fund schools

The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the Department of Natural Resources must manage state trust lands for the financial benefit of schools and other institutions, rejecting a claim by environmental groups that such lands should be managed to benefit all residents.

Local doula in Burien offers free baby formula to Black families

A doula in downtown Burien is offering free baby formula to Black families across Washington state to help them during the nationwide shortage.

Washington Supreme Court to decide capital gains tax case

The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to review a decision by a lower court that overturned a new capital gains tax on high-profit stocks, bonds and other assets.

US inflation reached 9.1% in June, a new 40-year high

U.S. consumer prices soared 9.1% compared with a year earlier, the government said Wednesday, the biggest 12-month increase since 1981.

Inflation, expenses rise sharply as priorities for most Americans, poll finds

Most Americans expressed little confidence in Republicans and Democrats to focus on issues important to them or an ability to work together and get things done.

Washington the lone Democrat-controlled state not considering inflation tax rebate relief

Pressure is mounting on Gov. Jay Inslee and Democratic lawmakers in the state House and Senate to follow the lead of other Democratically-led states and provide meaningful tax relief in light of rising inflation.