The distribution of phone books has been targeted by environmentalists and others in much of the world: This Flickr photo from Australia has a caption mocking paper phone books.
The Redmond company makes products here but records software sales to PC makers and high-volume customers through an operation in Nevada, where there is no corporate tax. So Washington is missing out...
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, right, at a rally to raise the state's minimum wage. He recently signed legislation that will increase the wage to $10.10 per hour by 2018.