Friday Roundup: Ex-Im Bank turns profit, Gov’s supplemental, “boom towns,” venture capital, and why Connecticut lost GE

There are always a few items we’ve read during a week that deserve more attention but don’t make it into our regular posts. So we bundle them for the Friday roundup. Here’s this week’s bundle.

• The Columbian: Ex-Im Bank earned $432M profit for taxpayers in 2015
• Washington Research Council: Gov. Inslee’s 2016 Supplemental Operating Budget Proposal Would Increase 2015–17 Spending by 1.4 Percent
• New Geography: AMERICA’S NEXT BOOM TOWNS: REGIONS TO WATCH IN 2016
• Seattle Times: State sees big drop in national venture capital rankings
• City Journal: Why Connecticut lost GE