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Home-Grown Workers Need Better Education, More Tech Skills.

In a recent speech at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Brookings Institution vice president and Metropolitan Policy Program director Amy Liu stressed the importance of improving education and skills training for our regional workforce.

Education, IncomeLouise CarterOctober 31, 2016Brookings, economy, education, jobs, King County, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, skills, tech, workforce, Amy Liu

Zooming In On Neighborhood Inequality

Recent reports paint very different pictures of health and wellbeing in King County. According to the 2016 County Health Rankings, King County is the 2nd healthiest county in Washington (San Juan County is 1st).

Pediatricians Urged To Tackle Poverty Head-On

For the first time ever, The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a policy statement on poverty.

Children, Income, HealthLouise CarterMarch 31, 2016Best Starts for Kids, child poverty, American Academy of Pediatrics, Communities Count, Communities of Opportunity, health, King County, policy student homelessness, child poverty; American Academy of Pediatrics, policy, student homelessness

Homelessness emergency declared in Seattle / King County

This morning Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and King County Executive Dow Constantine proclaimed that regional homelessness has reached a “state of emergency.”

Housing, IncomeLouise CarterNovember 2, 2015funding, homelessness, King County, prevention, Seattle, state of emergency, policy, one night count. Seattle Mayor, King County Executive

Is Inequality A Choice?

Yes, according to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who writes, “… while we broadly lament inequality, we treat it as some natural disaster imposed upon us. That’s absurd.

Equity, IncomeLouise CarterMay 28, 2015Equity, Income, policy, disparities, ethnicity, health insurance, homicide, inequality, King County, poverty, race, safety

Wall Street Bonuses 2X Low-Wage Earnings

In 2014, Wall Street’s 167,800 employees got $28.5 billion in bonuses — double the total earnings of the 1,007,000 Americans who worked full-time at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies.

Income, EquityLouise CarterMarch 23, 2015job gap study, King County, living wage, minimum wage, Seattle, Wall Street bonuses, inequality, equity, income

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