Tag: economy

Have an idea for a cool project in your Idaho community to drive economic development and inspire innovation? Idaho National Laboratory Technology-Based Economic Development grants will officially open in mid-August. You can get a sneak peek of the FY19 grant application and take a look at the outstanding projects and partnerships we supported in FY18 like […]

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May 29, 2014 – Washington D.C. McDermott Introduces Bill to Help Forge Clean Energy Solutions WASHINGTON, DC – Jim McDermott (D, WA-7) has introduced the Investing to Modernize the Production of American Clean Energy and Technology Act of 2014 (H.R. 4753). By promoting strategic, targeted tax credits and closing oil company tax loopholes, this legislation seeks to ignite […]

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  Suzanne Dale Estey chosen to help expand and diversify economy across King County SEATTLE (May 12, 2014) – David Allen, the Board of Directors Chair of the Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County (EDC) announced today that after a thorough search process, the Executive Committee of the EDC has offered the position of […]

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Senate Finance Committee leaders unveiled a new draft of a bill to extend tax breaks Thursday morning, a version that includes the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) that benefits the wind energy industry. The PTC was included in the new “chairman’s mark” that Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the panel’s chairman, and Sen. Orrin Hatch […]

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By Tom Ranken, President & CEO, Washington Clean Technology Alliance In cleantech, as in other sectors, startups are key. The role of early stage companies in innovation has been well established.  Small companies have the ability to create world-class expertise in a very focused area.  They are flexible enough to change direction before a large […]

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The political brinksmanship leading to the government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis of 2013 was the latest in a detrimental series of events that are becoming all too common in Washington. Standard & Poor’s recently stated that the 2013 shutdown, which lasted 16 days, took $24 billion out of the U.S. economy and reduced projected […]

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By Erik Smith, Washington State Wire Jaws dropped at the statehouse Tuesday as Gov. Jay Inslee, surrounded by lawmakers, union leaders and officials of the Boeing Co., announced a deal to stop the aircraft maker’s flight from Washington and send lawmakers scurrying back to their desks for a special session that begins Thursday. Boeing gets […]

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