The presidential election of 1932 was a political watershed for the United States. Herbert Hoover, seeking re-election on the Republican ticket, was saddled with a deep depression. Though the independent Federal Reserve System was to blame for the mistaken monetary policy that converted a recession into a catastrophic depression, the president, as the head…

Aug. 6— Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer said Wednesday her office is surging additional personnel to Spokane to answer questions and help those impacted by this weekend's Spokane Complex fires file insurance claims. Representatives from her office will be at Shadle Park High School, 4327 N. Ash St., from noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m….

Two years ago, California hit a milestone decades in the making: Nearly every person in the state qualified for health insurance, regardless of immigration status and income, pushing the state's insured rate to a record 95 percent. Analysis at the UC Berkeley Labor Center and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research project California's uninsured rate could…

Aug. 5— A Federal Reserve governor told Anchorage business leaders on Wednesday that she's looking to raise interest rates if U.S. inflation doesn't come down. Lisa Cook, who this year survived an effort by President Donald Trump to oust her from the board of governors for the nation's central bank, was the keynote speaker at a luncheon held by the Anchorage…