State Farm is planning to appeal the state's rejection of its rate filing in court - but don't mistake that for a sign that the company might stick around, company officials said Thursday. ...more

February 6, 2009

The magnitude of the bailout demanded, rather than proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, is astonishing. Take AIG, American International Group, an insurance company worth over a trillion dollars. Paulson says it will cost $85 billion to save AIG. ...more

September 30, 2008

Last Thursday afternoon proved to be a very pleasant and most informative afternoon for me. ...more

August 7, 2008

Regarding, "Cameras Could Improve Safety," (Letters, Jan. 7): Red-light running cameras are about money, not safety. Peggy Warren-Sipes wrote that Seattle invested $420,000 in cameras and netted $1.1 million in related ticket revenues. Concerns exist that if cities profit from cameras, they will not invest in needed traffic signal engineering improvements that reduce violations and crashes. ...more

January 23, 2008