Washington employers hired workers at a near-frantic pace in March. A lot of industries were growing. This is a very hot labor market.

The Washington economy is a job engine, growing in employment and drawing people from the sidelines into the job market.

The Washington state economy right now is a job engine drawing people in from the sidelines and into the job market.

How many companies have to go under before Washington gets the message? How many American workers and communities will have to be devastated by the predatory practices of foreign governments before Washington realizes that the country's economic and national security is being totally undermined for the sake of protecting trade policies that have patently failed.

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.

As Washington prospers, workers suffer.