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Senate Republicans are fuming after not only watching their cohorts pass the bill that would enact a state-wide ban on plastic shopping bags, but they also shot down an attempt to defray most costs to consumers.

Kennewick Shopko survives, all systems go. Not so in Yakima. The entire store, including pharmacy, is going away. Lacey, Pullman and Spokane are also closing.

No word on if this 11th hour possible reprieve would save any stores already on the chopping block, but by next Monday, January 14th, we could know if Sears Holdings and KMart will see all their stores liquidated, or not. The Wall Street Journal and Market Watch are reporting there is still a pulse...

Tuesday night, the Wall Street Journal reported Sears Holdings (the parent company of Sears and K-Mart) has hired a firm to being bankruptcy proceedings. The report, which came after the markets closed on Wall Street, says Sears has hired M-III Partners to prepare the move, which could come as early as the end of this week...

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As of November, another 46 Sears stores are going to be shuttered. According to multiple financial sources, these stores are being targeted as not profitable enough to remain open. Sear's Holdings Inc. says 33 are Sears stores, 13 others are K-Mart, over which they have the controlling interest...

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According to Bloomberg financial experts, it trends continue, Amazon will pretty much rule the retail world.  In a new article released Friday, more potential brick and mortar retail store closings could be looming. Will they affect the Tri-Cities?

According to multiple sources, national retail shoe giant Payless Shoes plans to shutter at least 500 stores, but have not divulged which ones. And, Game Stop is looking at closing 150 of it's 7,500 outlets due to sliding sales.

According to CNN Money News, The Wall Street Journal and other financial experts, the future of retail giant SEARS is very much in doubt. Not just closing another round of stores, but the entire chain going the way of Sports Authority and Radio Shack.