Unemployment numbers at home should retire McMorris Rodgers

As a former educator who has authored grant proposals seeking funding for after school programs, an important component has been the statewide comparison of county unemployment rates. Having tracked those statistics for Washington since 2004, when Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was first elected to office, the numbers speak for themselves.

Ferry, Pend Oreille and her home, Stevens, counties had the state’s three highest February 2016 county unemployment rates, following a general trend throughout the last decade. And although Spokane County’s rate was close to the statewide rate for several years...