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Articles by Don C. Brunell
Keep the holiday spirit all year long | Brunell
Keep the holiday spirit all year long |...
By Don C. Brunell • December 13, 2017 1:30 pm

During the holidays, our thoughts naturally turn to giving – not just giving gifts, but donating our time and money…

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Washington would benefit from ANWR leasing | Brunell
Washington would benefit from ANWR leasing | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • December 11, 2017 8:30 am

For the last two decades, federal legislation allowing oil and gas exploration in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has…

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Finding balance in occupational licensing | Brunell
Finding balance in occupational licensing | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • December 1, 2017 9:30 am

Recently, the Institute for Justice (Institute) determined state licensing barriers for lower-income workers and aspiring entrepreneurs not only hurts people…

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Camas papermill may be harbinger | Brunell
Camas papermill may be harbinger | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • November 21, 2017 2:10 pm

Editor’s note: In 1978, I was hired by Crown Zellerbach. Part of my responsibility was to help with the permitting,…

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About our business climate today? Remember 1993 | Brunell
About our business climate today? Remember 1993 |...
By Don C. Brunell • November 15, 2017 2:30 pm

Twenty-five years ago, business took a beating in Olympia. The swing to the left in the 1992 general election was…

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Amazon’s plan reminiscent of Boeing’s Chicago move | Brunell
Amazon’s plan reminiscent of Boeing’s Chicago move |...
By Don C. Brunell • October 25, 2017 1:30 pm

Last year, Seattle Times aerospace reporter Dominic Gates wrote about the similarities and differences between Boeing’s corporate office move to…

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Expanded Panama Canal among challenges for Washington ports | BRUNELL
Expanded Panama Canal among challenges for Washington ports...
By Don C. Brunell • October 19, 2017 1:30 pm

The $5.4 billion spent to expand the Panama Canal is paying off for East Coast and Gulf of Mexico seaports;…

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Players taking a knee hurting the NFL | Brunell
Players taking a knee hurting the NFL |...
By Don C. Brunell • October 11, 2017 4:30 pm

On a recent Saturday afternoon in Portland, a young woman stepped onto the playing field at the beginning of the…

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Impact of Hirst decision must be addressed | Brunell
Impact of Hirst decision must be addressed |...
By Don C. Brunell • September 28, 2017 1:30 pm

In Washington, the legislative stalemate over permitting new household wells and the state’s construction budget has not only delayed needed…

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Tax policy changes must be carefully crafted and coordinated | Brunell
Tax policy changes must be carefully crafted and...
By Don C. Brunell • September 21, 2017 1:30 pm

Key tax policies emanating from the East and West coasts are like passenger trains passing one another heading in opposite…

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Mitigate massive wildfires danger | Brunell
Mitigate massive wildfires danger | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • September 15, 2017 11:00 am

At last count firefighters were battling 82 major wildfires in 10 Western States. The fires have already scorched 2,300 square…

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People coming together is silver lining to Hurricane Harvey | Brunell
People coming together is silver lining to Hurricane...
By Don C. Brunell • September 7, 2017 5:30 pm

All of the things that went wrong in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina in 2005 appear to have been corrected…

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Dan Evans would serve America well | Brunell
Dan Evans would serve America well | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • August 30, 2017 1:30 pm

Recently, family, friends and dignitaries gathered at Hurricane Ridge near Port Angeles to celebrate the designation of the Daniel J….

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Massive fires increasing wood prices | Brunell
Massive fires increasing wood prices | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • August 17, 2017 11:30 am

Massive forest fires in western parts of Canada and the U.S. are not only choking us with layers of smoke,…

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Sudden deaths took a trio of state’s business and ag leaders | Brunell
Sudden deaths took a trio of state’s business...
By Don C. Brunell • August 10, 2017 10:30 am

So far this year, a trio of unexpected deaths has shocked Washington business and agriculture. Melanie Dressel, Ron Reimann and…

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Oregon lawmakers are a step closer to passing a large transportation package that could bring rush-hour tolls to interstates 5 and 205, among other new taxes and fees to improve the state’s declining infrastructure. COURTESY PHOTO
Race to toll likely to clip Washington drivers...
By Don C. Brunell • August 3, 2017 4:30 pm

In 2014, President Barrack Obama opened the door for states to collect tolls on interstate highways. This year Oregon lawmakers,…

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Forest landowners prove cooperation works | Brunell
Forest landowners prove cooperation works | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • July 27, 2017 4:30 pm

The state’s largest environmental, wildlife and natural resources agencies recently recognized 43 large forest landowners for their “exemplary efforts” to…

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Abundant natural gas is giant step toward energy independence | Brunell
Abundant natural gas is giant step toward energy...
By Don C. Brunell • July 6, 2017 5:30 pm

In the last half century, Americans yearned for energy independence. We were tired of being held captive by foreign governments…

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Searching for words that unite us | Brunell
Searching for words that unite us | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • June 22, 2017 5:30 pm

Two days before last year’s presidential election, Frank Luntz walked away from a CBS 60 Minutes focus group leaving people…

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Refocusing climate debate to practical solutions | Brunell
Refocusing climate debate to practical solutions | Brunell
By Don C. Brunell • June 15, 2017 10:30 am

Debating whether it was wrong for President Trump to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord negotiations…

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