Minimum Wage Update Part 1: A Year Later in Seattle
In the last year, a movement to raise the minimum wage has spread across the country. It started in cities like Seattle, where in 2014, the city council voted to incrementally raise the minimum wage...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Update Part 2: The Next Steps
In the first part of our series on the debate over raising minimum wage, we looked at how Seattle has adjusted in the year since the minimum wage increase. Economists are still watching Seattle, and...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup for April 22, 2016
These are some of the stories we’ve been following this week. Residents testified in a construction defect lawsuit earlier this week against the country’s largest homebuilder, D. R. Horton. In New...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup for April 29, 2016
These are some of the stories we’ve been following this week. Seattle and San Francisco have recently increased the minimum wage in their municipalities, but making sure all businesses cooperate has...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup for May 6, 2016
These are some of the stories we’ve been following this week. Minnesota officials are taking steps to avoid a water crisis like Flint’s by understanding lead contamination prevention techniques. The...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup for June 3, 2016
These are some of the stories we’ve been following this week. Hopeful EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program applicants are seeing their applications delayed while potential EB-5 projects are investigated...
View ArticleNew Study Examines Minimum Wage Hike in Seattle
Two years ago, Seattle passed an ordinance gradually raising the city’s minimum wage to $15. During the lead-up to the vote, some economists predicted the increase would be a booster shot to the...
View ArticleGreenfield Advisors Joins Trade Development Alliance Of Greater Seattle Part 2
This is the second in a two-part series. You can read part 1 here. Greenfield Services for TDA Members Greenfield has clients ranging from heads of state to local businesses. A recent advisory service...
View ArticleGreenfield Attends Legislative Committee on Economic Development and...
Nawaf Alfaouri, Economic Development Specialist at Greenfield Advisors, was invited as a local economic leader to meet with foreign consulates and the Legislative Committee on Economic Development and...
View ArticleSeattle’s Minimum Wage Increase an Ongoing Experiment
When the Seattle City Council voted three years ago to raise the city’s minimum wage, analysts on both sides of the debate weighed in, predicting either a stronger economy or the loss of low-income...
View ArticleGreenfield Advisors Handpicks Dr. Alon Bassok as Principal Data Scientist
SEATTLE, Washington and CARTERSVILLE, Georgia – Greenfield Advisors, the well respected leader in mass appraisal techniques and complex valuations for litigation named Dr. Alon Bassok as Principal...
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