Any Washingtonian who ventures beyond state lines and talks about our state’s business climate will usually hear many questions about Microsoft, Costco and other corporate giants for which we’re famous. But here’s a fact that might surprise many people here and elsewhere: About 95 percent of the state’s employers have fewer than 50 workers, according to a recent press release from Gov.
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