Washington Policy Center

Washington Policy Center has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in August 2022. The social media accounts linked to from Washington Policy Center are: • Facebook • TikTok • X Besides social media accounts, washingtonpolicy has populated their site with: • What the state's own data says about Superintendent Reykdal's budget claims • What is pushing Washington’s gas prices above $5 again? Two truths and one myth. • Washington’s fading fiscal shine - how decades of uncontrolled spending are eroding the states AAA credit rating • Olympia City Council defies voters, continues to push costly minimum wage agenda • UI fund has a government-made leak harming workers and their employers • WPC's newest research director to tackle homelessness and law enforcement policy • NFIB report shows Washington small businesses are feeling the pinch of labor costs, regulations and high taxes • Bernie Sanders wants the government to own AI companies. That's a bad idea • Another small business falls to Seattle’s failed crime policies • The world came to America. Here's what it reminded us about our farms. • Fourth of July cookout costs a little more this year • Washington Policy On The Go - June 30 • Washington's budget outlook darkens with latest revenue forecast • WA Cares ready-ish to launch; family caregivers remain in the dark • The "Complete Streets" policy and very incomplete results • Don’t Blame AI: Why Electricity Rates Are Rising in Washington • Hospital price transparency is good, but its impact will be limited • Trading one bad healthcare system for another is not a solution • The Seattle “PayUp” tax is a failed experiment hurting workers, restaurants, and consumers • Worker Rights • Washington Policy On The Go ft. Ben Rudolph- June 23 • Governor Ferguson warns of upcoming shortfall after years of overspending • New World Screwworm in here, put those Checkoff dollars to work • Get Tickets to Our Annual Policy Dinners Today! • Washington’s Farms Are Not What You Think • Bellingham follows Seattle lead on trying to control rents – it’s doomed to fail – again • WA Cares’ first test: How far does $36,500 really go? | The Seattle Times • What are the priorities for a revised Sound Transit plan? Start by asking the right questions • Washington’s business exodus accelerates due to high taxes, regulations driving companies away • Three Major Lies About the Climate Commitment Act • Will the income tax cause a drop in charitable giving? • California’s $20 fast food minimum wage creates less jobs and lower income – Washington lawmakers foolishly still think it will work here • State is rightly emphasizing experience and skills, not degrees • Attacking Democracy in the Name of Democracy • Legislature Agrees to Increased Spending in Supplemental Budget • Labor law to hit households — causing confusion, threatening voluntary work arrangements • Washington’s CO2 tax declines slightly but is still 52 cents per gallon • The Income Tax Passed the House: What’s Next? • Policy Forum on Budget and Taxes • Study shows 2025's record tax increases reduce Washington’s GDP growth and worker pay • "Privacy" Is Not a License for Government Secrecy: Supreme Court's Mirabelli Ruling Puts Washington's School Parental Notification Policies on Notice • Tech Leaders' Open Letter to Gov. Ferguson Lays Out Income Tax Damage • WA House Finance Committee Passes Income Tax Bill: Floor Vote Set for Next Week • Are you a public employee with a pension? The income tax is coming for you too • Could Seattle Lose the Seahawks? | Brandi Kruse • Internal Emails Reveal the Real Plan for a Statewide Income Tax • Olympia’s Massive Tax Gamble | Todd Myers • Lawmakers Want to Raid Police & Firefighters Pensions to Cover Spending • Register Opposition or Support for the Income Tax • Democrats signal retreat on the death tax as exodus fears mount • City Inside/Out: “Millionaire’s Tax” Debate | seattlechannel.org • Business is already leaving Washington – I spoke to some owners and they explained why • There's Nothing Short About a Short Session Anymore • Another favor for unions — at the expense of taxpayers, workers • SB 6045 transfers power from farmworkers to unions • Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III, Entrepreneur, Inventor Who Revolutionized the Energy Industry, Named WPC 2026 Visiting Fellow • Fact Checking Pro-Income Tax Claims • Stop the Costly Income Tax • The Income Tax Proposal Has Arrived. Here's What You Need to Know. • How to support, oppose or flag concerns about Washington state bills • Top 10 Reasons a State Income Tax Is a Bad Idea • Opinion | Washington state’s tax and government spending crisis is a warning - The Washington Post • 24 States In. Washington Out? $732 Million Lost? • State Transit Subsidies - what has been the return on investment? • House Bill 1834 would create a regulatory nightmare and restricts parental control on social media • Who is leaving Washington and why the politicians need to care • HB 2100: Tax employers for paying people well? It’s for the needy, sorta • Federal letter puts striking-worker law under a bright light • House Bill 2105 would require employers to interfere with federal immigration enforcement • Seven Things You Need to Know About the Governor's Budget Proposal • Climate Bureaucracy Over Cancer Research? Washington's New Budget | Todd Myers • State CO2 report shows 86% of Washington’s claimed climate benefits are probably fake • 2026 Legislative Preview Webinar • King County Lost $1.8 Billion and Nobody Got Fired • Our ‘little tree’ needs a little love: Why Washington agriculture deserves better policy • What Happens When We Stop Treating Environmentalism Like a Culture War • Tacoma's affordable housing lesson for Seattle • Transit agencies need accountability not increased state subsidy • Governor Ferguson Can Unlock $700M+ for Washington Schools—At Zero Cost to Taxpayers • Why I won't mourn the end of enhanced ACA subsidies • No New Taxes for Washington • Solving Washington’s Deficit Without Tax Increases • Long-term-care financing: Some good changes to WA Cares, new area of recommendation needed • More taxes are sadly the Washington state way • Is the cheap fast-food burger a thing of the past? • Despite Historic Tax Hikes – Washington State Faces $4.3 Billion Deficit • Sound Transit - No cause for celebration • Washington is bleeding taxpayers and now a State Representative wants to make it worse • Washington Policy On The Go - December 9 • New proposed legislation aims to adopt Seattle’s failing economic strategy • Refocusing Highway Trust Fund Priorities • From Cornucopia to Crisis: What Thanksgiving Hides About Farming in America • Why is it so expensive to do business in Washington? Take a look at these ridiculous license fees • Katie Wilson's Socialism Won't Work, Here's Why | Todd Myers - YouTube • Washington's wealth exodus - are tax policies driving the job creators away? • Wolf lawsuit is another vote for policy updates • Shrinking UI Trust Fund could cause businesses — and their workers — more pain • WA Cares: An important detail for future family caregivers is still unclear • Will light rail's problems sink the I-5 Columbia River Bridge Replacement project? • Support WPC's Work for Giving Tuesday • Saving Hospitals: How to Fix the Crisis With Finances and Patient Care • Could the latest round of layoff’s be big tech’s “Will the last person leaving Seattle - Turn out the lights” moment? • Potato chips, strawberry milk, and the case for food ag-vocacy • For AI Startups, Washington is a Mixed Bag • PFML used by those with upper incomes to bring all workers another wage decrease • U.S. beef prices don’t need “fixing” • After a year of high minimum wages, a new report shows workers are working less and earning less. • Governor Ferguson signed an executive order that will increase the cost of public construction projects • OSPI Scrubs Website of Key Data • New H-2A wage methodology could be a game changer • Help WPC Make An Impact | DAF Day • WA Cares needs all the help it can get, including an assist from SJR 8201 on Nov. ballot • Free News Alerts from WPC! • If Washington’s New Income Tax Was About “Fairness,” Why Were Affordability Amendments Rejected? • Commissioned, Then Canceled: Agencies Discredit Their Own Plastic Bag Study • Workers needed tax relief. Olympia gave them something else. • Washington's New Sales Tax Onslaught Devastates Small Businesses • Washington Policy On The Go - Featuring Kevin Wallace • Bridges, Budgets and Transportation System Resilience • Washington Policy Center Annual Dinner • Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson admits Bellevue is cheaper for business and it's because of Seattle’s progressive policies • WPC Magazine Spring 2026 • Washington Policy On The Go ft. Brent Beardall - September 30 • Washington State Is Moving to Punish Superintendents Who Tell Parents the Truth About Their Own Children • Join Us: Washington Policy Center Annual Policy Dinner • Sound Transit's "enterprise initiative" fails to address the fundamental problems of the ST3 plan • Washington Has One of the Worst Unemployment Rates in the Country | Todd Myers • Seattle will soon have the highest top income tax rate in America • Ag labor myths persist, posing challenges to reform • WA Cares: Important information is still MIA, but benefits are available for some in July • Replacing federal funds for Planned Parenthood will add to state’s overspending woes • How the Federal Tax-Credit Scholarship Could Help Washington State Teachers • Washington's Digital Advertising Tax - An Assault on Innovation • Washington Policy On The Go - May 12 • Constitution Day 2025: How Federal Tax Credits Could Revolutionize Civics Education for All Students • Why Washington's Income Tax WILL Expand • Seattle's scooter fiasco flushing taxpayer dollars down the drain. • Air Quality Funds Diverted to Advocacy, Not Pollution Reduction • Making Pacific Northwest Forests Healthy Using Good Neighbor Authority • Tax Day Good News: You Could Keep $1,700 — and Help Washington Kids • WPC Magazine Fall 2025 • Internal Emails Show Income Tax Bill Was Designed to Bypass the Constitution and Lock Out Voters • Farm costs are eroding hope in agriculture • When process blocks opportunity: The WinCo case • NAEP 2024: American Students Score Historic Lows in Math, Reading, Science • NEW STUDY: Washington's homelessness problem is worse than you think (and avoidable) • State Department of Ecology: 91 Pages of Climate Politics, 0 Pages of Legally Required Data • Is Washington the Most Embarrassing State in the Nation? • Want to be in a relationship with WA Cares? It’s complicated • Public workers’ First Amendment rights are getting attention — in Idaho, not Washington • Back-to-school season comes with a side of strike • The State’s RFK-Proofing Bill Comes With a Cost • Violating Privacy to Protect Privacy? • What Rick Steves Gets Wrong About the Income Tax | Todd Myers • New World Screwworms Are Here, Sort Of. Now What? • The Growing Gap Between Public Voice and Political Power • The unseen costs of uncontrolled homeless camps on City property. • A Data Center Moratorium Won't Solve the Problems Proponents Say It Will • Why retailers in Washington should embrace cash. • PFML is no safety net — and it keeps harming many workers with needs of their own • Mobility and equity - the gap between policy and reality • How to Start a Business in Washington • State AG Sues Trump Administration For Doing What WA State Also Does • Politics won’t help the planet — just ask Jay Inslee • Have a WPC Expert speak at your event! • Sailing on a sea of red ink • Walla Walla public forum highlights the harms of legislative changes on businesses • The Growth Management Act's impact on house prices in Washington. • Workers who strike need to be warned double pay is a no-no • Are the Blue Angels Polluting Our Skies? | Todd Myers • County fairs are opportunities to go meat shopping • Harming workers one payroll tax at a time: WA Cares wants wages a caregiver needs to keep caregiving • Billions of dollars in cost overruns may finally bring a day of reckoning for Sound Transit • Will Free School Choice Come to Washington State? • Washington Policy On The Go - August 5 • Where does Washington state spend the CO2 tax revenue? More government. • Prop 12: Will DOJ lawsuit change cage-free egg law? • Will Washington See Energy Blackouts? | Kurt Miller • Why Seattle's regulations have driven up Uber and Lyft prices. • Vancouver's New $30 Rental Fee Will Increase Rents in the City. • This Executive Order Could Prevent the Next Wildfire Crisis | Todd Myers • Seattle's ban on setting rents with an app: An unconstitutional overreach? • EV sales in Washington state continue to stall • CCA rebate account closed • We Shouldn't Change What Made This Country Great | American By Choice • The U.S. Changed My Life | American By Choice • Fourth of July cookout costs emphasize the need for agriculture • Exiled from Russia for Owning a Grocery Store | American By Choice • Yes, America STILL IS a Beacon of Hope | American By Choice • This is What Makes the U.S. Worth Celebrating | American By Choice • What has the Largest Tax Increase Bought Us? | John Bernard • Governments should protect workers, end cozy relationship with political allies • Corey DeAngelis on Washington Policy On The Go - July 8 • ICE actions highlight need for immigration reforms • Reykdal confronted by state data, blames partisanship for bad results • Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen thinks Washington is a great place to do business and then quotes a report that ranks Washington 42 out of 50. • New Numbers Show Washington's Decline | John Bernard • The 2025 Tax Tsunami in Washington State • The Supreme Court reins in the environmental review process • Trump Just Saved Washington's Dams | Todd Myers • What Causes Dependence on Government? | John Bernard • You want to know how much Washington State now taxes you? Here is the answer. • State lawmakers need to examine their role in health care cost increases • Washington EV sales have stalled and are far short of state's arbitrary targets • The Minimum Wage Trap: Why Higher Wages Don't Solve Washington's Affordability Crisis • Washington's Affordability Crisis Fuels Out-Migration in 2025 • A Century Later, Washington State Fails Parental Rights • Policy changes can offer hope, help to farms • Gov. Ferguson's Three FAILED Promises | Todd Myers • Can Governments Be Accountable? | John Bernard • The 2025 Washington Legislative Session: Small Business, Taxation, and Business Regulation • Prescription price controls and rationing would undermine the innovation that has saved so many • Work? Strike? Whatever; Employers now required to pay union members not to work • Schools notifying parents about the kinds of care kids can decide on their own didn't make it • Redmond-Bellevue light rail debut nears, but cross-lake span completion remains uncertain • Beef superior to ‘Meatless Mondays,' according to data • Washington Democrats blocked a job creating manufacturing bill for Richland, WA • The legislature showed surprising restraint on AI regulations • Bankruptcies in farm country put strain on mental health • Veto, Bob, veto! • Wild bees are paying a high price for environmental hyperbole • Beef Month: Cattle are firefighters, not just delicious beef bites • Women farmers experience farm stress differently • Washington's "Best States" Ranking: A Misleading Narrative Ignoring the Cost-of-Living Crisis and Education failures • Support Washington Policy Center on Washington Gives • What the 2025 legislature tells us about why Washington's government keeps failing • What Lawmakers Don’t Want You to Know About This Year’s Budget • The Washington State 2025-27 Budget proposal is out and legislators are still spending money the state doesn't have • Time to limit emergency clauses and give voters a choice • Spokane's Voter approved anti-camping initiative is overturned by the Washington Supreme Court • An Earth Day Lesson: Last year's biggest environmental victories came from free markets • More reasons for overtime flexibility • A non-solution in the state transportation budget • House Bill 1217, the so called "Housing Stability" Act passed the Senate • 15 New Taxes That Hit YOU | Todd Myers • 2025 Forum on Education: Bellevue • Say NO to New Taxes | Todd Myers • The state of Idaho is setting an example for how to reduce the cost of housing • Farmworkers call for changes to improve their lives • Trade wars are tough on ag • Washington's EV sales far short of next year's state mandate • Despite Seattle losing $47 million on projected taxes, Olympia politicians want to pass a statewide payroll tax • Will Sound Transit be able to change course with a new CEO? • Cannabis union bill moves forward despite opposition • MIA: Opportunity to end wasteful payments • The Largest Tax Increase in History | Todd Myers • Should every rural home have fiber internet? • Washington Policy On The Go - April 8: Ask Paul Anything • Canada is cutting its carbon tax. The Seattle Chamber of Commerce says it won't cut gas prices. • PRI’s Earth Day Special: How Much Will the Green Transition Cost You? • Parents could have less access to information about school-aged children • The No Tax Challenge: Cannabis, Hiking, and Skating Equity • They Overturned the People | Todd Myers • State Revenue forecast predicts tax revenues will miss projections by $845 million • WPC experts offer solutions for agricultural & environmental stewardship in legislative work session • The high cost of kicking the can down the road • Family caregivers for beneficiaries of WA Cares will require state-approved training • Taxes, Taxes and more Taxes plus some more Taxes just in case • Bill to make employers pay striking workers passes Senate • Legislation is being considered that could harm children • Would spending millions more dollars for a full-time legislature make Washington better? • WA is trying to dictate your food choices • Senate Bill 5729 would streamline permits for professionally produced building permits • SB 5671 would make broadband internet expansion less efficient • AI Ban? Smartphone Tax? Flag Change? • Chum salmon "kaboomed" last year. But one story about why leaves out key facts. • Washington state is in a race to the bottom in health care • Medical debt bill: A dangerous gamble with unintended consequences • An obscure Washington State salary law is still causing employers to lay employees off • Its back – House Bill 1517 puts $2 tax on EVERY internet connected device sold over $250 • The Nation's Report Card: F for 'Fix It Already' • WA legislators want every cow burp counted • The final holdout, the Washington House of Representatives, has finally banned title-only bills • These Bills Increase Your Taxes | Todd Myers • House Bill 1380 would allow homeless people to sue a city and collect taxpayer dollars • SB 5292 promises the PFML payroll tax will keep growing • SB 5041: A union favor at the expense of many workers • House Bill 1334 would allow municipalities to increase property taxes significantly • Ag Econ 101: An explanation of "price taker vs. price maker" • Press Release: Washington Policy Center Announces Lawsuit Holding Department of Ecology Accountable for Violation of Climate Law • Rep. Fey renews his push for a per-mile driving tax • Two bills offer gateway drug to farmworker unionization in WA • WA Progressives lost in 2024 - they just don't know it • Make employers pay striking workers? Too silly • Ferguson's focus: Fixing finances • House Bill 1114 hopes to breathe new life into state respiratory care • Rent Control is back – and this time it means it • New bill highlights need for sales tax removal • Legislature convenes Monday: Priorities, pessimism and political realities • WPC Magazine Winter 2024 • Autonomous Vehicles Can Help Transit Needs • Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Recommits to Free Speech • Washington Policy On The Go LIVE Information and Registration • New data show Washington's CO2 emissions increased between 2012 and 2021 • Workers: Get ready for this week's pay decrease • Pre-filed bills, leaked e-mail, hint at what's coming this legislative session • Workers need money — and the many other gifts work can bring • Backers of wealth tax seek to tax state residents on their worldwide holdings for the privilege of living in Washington • To solve Washington's problems, the next governor must learn from Inslee's mistakes • Even Santa is a responsible livestock transporter • State lawmakers can help protect rights of public employees • Net Neutrality Rules Officially Struck Down • On AI, Washington state should take cues from Washington DC • Washington state paid $8.6 million a year in unnecessary Medicaid premiums • Seattle Times editorial cuts through the spin on state's looming budget "deficit" • Ag policy Christmas list is short this year • Los Angeles City Council proves they don't understand basic economics • The best next steps for public schools in Washington state • Competency-based hiring is wise, and state lawmakers are helping the cause • Nine days without wind power is a reminder of the need for reliable energy • Farms, ranches have until Jan. 1 to file transparency paperwork • 'Farmer's Share' of Thanksgiving highlights need for policy solutions • Tacoma is destroying small businesses by greasing them into debt • New audit offers another reason lawmakers should leave the state's paid-leave program behind • Washington state wants to increase bureaucrats' salaries by $1.3 billion despite claims the state is facing a budget shortfall • Participation in WA Cares will continue to be mandatory • As voters reject repeal of climate law, CO2 tax price nearly doubles • Inslee joins long line of Washington governors who broke their no-tax promises • New FCC Chairman indicates shakeup for internet policy • It's tough to do business in Washington, unless you cover up the data • The most important choices about our community shouldn't be made on election day • Electrifying Transit: virtue signaling comes at a high price • Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund dodged a Boeing-size bullet • Up, up and away goes a tax on workers' wages • An RTO for the West: What Is in it for Consumers? - R Street Institute • I-2124 would allow workers to keep more of their earnings • Dairy debate: butter contains milk, labeling error forces recall • Legislation would help WA Cares be less bad for some • WA Cares commission meets, hears financial updates • Confusing initiative titles should not be a thing • Post-Election Policy & Pizza • The City of Snohomish is tripling its water rates after spending $3.61 million on land for a planned new $62 million City Campus • Education spending has doubled in ten years, and most of the money went to hiring administrators and non-teachers • The Impact - Debating I-2117 to Repeal the CCA Emissions Restrictions and Ban Agency Cap-and-Trade Programs - TVW • Taxpayer-funded solar EV chargers cost five times as much as regular chargers but produce far less electricity • Senate panel forgets farmers in discussion about ag • Guides to the Washington ballot initiatives to keep you informed • Study: Repealing the capital gains income tax would affect only about 1% of state revenues • The $42 billion internet program that has connected 0 people • A parent's guide to the Seattle Public School budget • Stop the tax on gas hike! • WPC Magazine Fall 2024 • 50.3% of Washington public school students at grade level in English, 39.7% in Math • Capping food prices will not fix grocery bills • Cost of CO2 tax in 2023 is greater than election-year tax rebates offered by Inslee Adminstration • Some low-income workers are being taxed but not earning eligibility in WA Cares • Washington agency says decarbonization isn't a priority of "Community decarbonization" funded by CO2 tax • Government records belong to the public • People demand taxpayer-financed health care — now! — from the commission trying to get it for them • Adam Smith and the pride of making an amazing cannolo • Why are people leaving California and could it happen here in Washington? • Rulemaking concerns who can be state-allowed caregivers with WA Cares • Louisiana passes Universal School Choice • How to save the 20 Seattle public schools that are slated for closure • Initiative 2124 would allow workers to keep more of their earnings, could eliminate costly program • The City of Snohomish just added a $20,000 per unit fee to affordable housing • The constitutionality of California Proposition 22 classifying gig workers as independent contractors, to be decided by the California Supreme Court • Labor Day week will be followed by state-employee walkout • Washington is spending billions from CO2 tax, but isn't tracking if it reduces CO2 • The facts on I-2019, the possible repeal of Washington's Income tax on capital gains • State took in more money than expected for WA Cares • How Washington's weird capital gains income tax ended up on the November ballot • Washington state brings back housing discrimination • With Paid Family and Medical Leave finances still troubled, payroll tax likely to increase • Has transit entered the "death spiral"? • Elizabeth New: State celebrates program that harms low-income workers • Campaign launched to keep WA Cares mandatory • Why small internet service providers don't want net neutrality • Broccoli does not occur in nature, we should still eat it • CO2 tax supporters' latest effort to hide cost is badly flawed • The Biden administration is considering a 5% cap on rent increases • Medicare-related volunteers get recognition • Repealing state's tax on CO2 would cut state employees and programs, cut billions in taxes • Fish & Wildlife Commission missed a layup in gray wolf downlisting hearing • News story on solar power in Seattle gets the facts badly wrong • OIC tells consumers not to pay for ‘insurance' you won't likely benefit from: Does that include WA Cares? • Public employers should not collect dues for unions • The Seattle Chamber of Commerce says tax cuts don't lower costs. Let's bet on that. • Seattle Transportation levy is a pothole proliferation plan • Justice Sotomayor highlights risks of bias and uncertainty in "expert" judgments • AFBF: West Coast tops Fourth of July cookout cost tally ... again • Overturning 'Chevron deference' gives hope to save the internet • King County Council demonstrates a lack of understanding of basic economics by passing a $20.29 minimum wage • Farmworker wage ruling is bad news for everyone • Summer Solutions Series: Vancouver • Candidates for governor present their ideas on public education • WA Cares' benefit isn't keeping up with the cost of care • Court of Appeals delays net neutrality rules • Not to be left out after King County raises its minimum wage to $20.29, Everett is now considering a hike to $20.24 • Farmworker wage suit against DOL grossly misinterprets H-2A program rules • "Let's party." Solar industry brags to reporter that government is doing "an amazing job" lining their pockets. • A champion for children, Liv Finne announces her retirement • Would the passage of Initiative 2124 kill WA Cares? • George Nethercutt's wonderful life and lasting legacy • Possible rerun ahead: Majority of voters told lawmakers to get rid of WA Cares in 2019 • Paid leave, a program harming low-income workers, is celebrated by Gov. Inslee • Summer Solutions Series: Walla Walla • Tri Cities Summer Social • Any administrative expenses are excessive for the misleading WA Cares program • Columbia River Treaty negotiations take a critical step forward • Free government handouts of other taxpayer's money won't mean you will have more money in your pocket • State-based taxpayer-financed health care increases • More delays inevitable for Washington State Ferry service • Latest survey from Chief Executive ranks Washington the 46th worst state in which to do business • Dam your facts! • Four bad bills that died in 2024, but may be back in 2025 • Fact check: Will repealing Washington's CO2 tax harm "roads and bridges"? • Is government greed fueling the drive to defeat citizen-led ballot initiatives? • Government controlling the price of prescription drugs is not promising • WPC challenges building code council's illegal natural gas ban as energy choice initiative heads to voters • The time for gray wolf management to change is now • U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision is a victory for representative democracy • Something smells fishy in Snohomish • Aha moments are on the agenda for people analyzing WA Cares • EV sales in WA far short of state target. Ecology's application of the rule appears illegal. • People exempted from WA Cares for having private LTCI need to keep it, ESD says • Is it facts or is it activism? • Myers promoted to head research program at Washington Policy Center • State Board of Education pushes for more charter schools and calls for equitable funding • Seattle to consider repeal of harmful PayUp delivery tax • So Washington lost a farmer • Net neutrality rears its ugly head • For Sound Transit tinkering with the organization won't solve fundamental problems of the plan • Report: WEA union leaders lied about keeping public schools closed during COVID, after federal health officials knew it was safe to re-open • HB 1589's ban on natural gas adds "more resources" to solve problems created by the CO2 tax • WA Supreme Court provides license relief for disadvantaged law students. But other workers are out of luck. • An agricultural census confirms what we've been saying for a decade: honeybee populations are increasing • The Federal Government is threatening to withhold rent subsidizes if rent goes up too much • 2024 legislative session included more spending, some advances in health care, a labor dodge, initiatives • The rent is overdue but it's not just a renter problem, homeowners are struggling too • WA Building Code Council refuses to show cost of ban on new natural gas hookups • If WA Cares becomes optional, state will keep money already paid • Olympia lawmakers: Tax relief, please • Supply chain shortages are changing how restaurants source meat • ‘Bipartisan' is in the eye of the beholder • We can draw a picture of food systems during National Ag Week • As state's CO2 tax faces voters, Inslee Administration using taxpayer funds to campaign for policy • WA lost 14 farms a week during the last five years | Op-Ed • Union greed closed schools in Port Angeles • State of the Free Market • As more states enact learning choice programs that benefit children, nearly one million families have applied to participate • Why Paul Guppy asked to shift roles • Earth Day 2024: Time to admit that government-run environmentalism is failing • The increase in California's minimum wage has already had an impact and it's not good • Gov. Inslee's latest wasteful EV subsidy is the equivalent of paying $1,125 for a latte • Eleanor Baumgartner: Farmers have been let down by our Legislature • Portability change means a WA Cares benefit? Don't count on it • Promoting WA Cares is unnecessary, questionable • Pause, please: Misspending is a bad word • Prop 12: Implementation aftereffects are just now becoming apparent • Look into all of WA Cares to know if it's right for you • Seattle plans to close 20 schools; here's one way parents can keep them open • Policy Guide for Washington State, 7th Edition • Oakland, CA Businesses threaten to stop paying taxes until the City cleans up the streets • Ag bills: saying good-bye is hard to do • After 2 months, The Seattle City Council might reverse course on food delivery fees • State is gathering stories about long-term care • Raise a pint to WA's farmers this St. Patrick's Day • Would repealing the tax on gas devastate roads? - WPC on the Go March 12, 2024 • Labor promises legislation to pay striking workers will be back • Does banning natural gas help the environment? - WPC on the Go March 12, 2024 • In a sign of growing distrust, voters reject two-out-of-three local school bond proposals • Inslee is wanting to be remembered for COVID-19 response? • Legislature passes I-2111: Now lawmakers should seal the deal • Fact Check: Will making WA Cares optional force seniors into poverty? • The Parental Rights initiative just passed, but some lawmakers are telling school officials to ignore it • Lawmakers pass three out of six citizen initiatives • Linking Washington's climate law to California would reduce costs and price volatility • Uber Eats adds Seattle Local Operating fee to surrounding cities • A missed opportunity for salmon as legislature does little for struggling species • Washington's CO2 prices collapse as repeal of climate tax looms • Passage of income tax ban is an important step forward for Washington • Band-Aid fixes won't help Washington's farmers • Opponents are somehow confused by income-tax Initiative 2111 • Will High-Speed Rail get on the State's gravy train? • The testimonies against income taxes • House budget holds a riparian surprise • My committee statement on Initiative 2081, to establish a Parents Bill of Rights • House Bill 2114, rent control, appears to have died in the Washington State Senate • WA Cares is not the solution for the state’s graying population • House Bill 1893: Getting unemployment benefits to striking workers is a top priority for WSLC • Fact Check: Would repealing the CO2 tax harm roads and block checks to utility customers? • HB 2467: Portability proposal for WA Cares is a mixed bag for troubled state program • House Bill 2474 would allow unelected bureaucrats to put homeless housing into your neighborhood • Several bills propose to accelerate salmon recovery. Few are moving forward. • Proposed House budget promises $200 checks, but only if voters keep the CO2 tax • Senate Bill 5570, removing the 1% cap on property taxes, has failed to pass this year • Getting Serious about the Ferry System's finances (again) • House Bill 1889 would encourage more illegal immigration and take away jobs from Americans • Proposed new tax that works against health care cost containment has a Feb. 15 hearing • HB 2331 would create yet another reason for families to leave the public education system • SJM 8006, asking the feds to pass government-run, taxpayer-funded health care, is back and moving • Clean Fuel Standard (House Bill 41) Impacts with Todd Myers • A bill that should offend all workers clears the House • HB 2331 would defund schools that do not adopt controversial curriculum mandated by the state • Seattle Times editorial rightly asks lawmakers to discuss WA Cares, I-2124 • Shutting down education options. • Minimum Wage hikes, predictably, increase the cost of fast food – is a $10 Big Mac on the horizon? • Workforce issue rightly in focus in Olympia: SB 5815, to join a licensure compact for physician assistants, passed the Senate, moves to House • HB 2494, to add more funding to amply funded public schools, will not help students • Keep unemployment benefits for people who lose work through no fault of their own • Ranchers could have new recourse against gray wolves • SB 5920 seeks to improve access to psychiatric services • SB 5882, to cut the ratio of teachers in public schools • State agencies fail the basic math of CO2 cost, but believe they can do the calculus of economic transformation • State is going after the wrong goals in health care • Washington state should stop collecting dues for unions, protect worker rights instead • House Bill 1868 would ban all new gas-powered power equipment by January 2026 • Uber Eats strikes back at the Seattle City Council fee increases • Bill proposes tax incentive for farmers • National lab study shows EVs are more expensive than gas-powered cars and provide modest CO2 reduction • Senate Bill 5770 would overturn Initiative 747 passed by the voters in 2001 • Documents show Governor Inslee knew a tax on CO2 would significantly increase gas prices • Savings should be used for our needs, but supporters of WA Cares think otherwise • House Bill 2276 will increase the cost of buying a home • New H-2A bills ignore reality of farm wages • A straightforward way to help salmon recovery • Establishing an AI task force is a bad idea • HB 1959 would remove exemption for small employers when it comes to Washingon state's paid-leave program • Washington Policy Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of SCOTUS Review of Washington's Capital Gains Excise Tax • Cold weather reveals wind's vulnerabilities and the need to empower energy consumers • Scooter Company Bird files for Bankruptcy • Is right to repair right for Washington? • Wildlife Commission ordered to consider gray wolf management changes • SB 5427, to provide up to $2,000 for people to report their neighbors for "hate crimes" and "bias incidents" • United States Supreme Court to Consider Hearing Washington Capital Gains Tax Lawsuit During Friday Conference • In 2023, private environmental innovation accelerated while government policy became more absurd • Senate Bill 6064 would effectively ban pets from rental properties • I-2124, concerning the long-term-care payroll tax, is certified: Will lawmakers consider it? • Giving electricity customers price information and control would make our energy system more reliable • Fur is under legislative fire ... again • Hospital-at-home programs offer an innovative solution to freeing up hospital beds • Gray wolf bills take center stage this legislative session • WEA union blocks bill to provide equitable funding for charter school families • Gray wolf conservation classification open for public comment • WA Cares is in more twists, given House committee votes and a certified initiative • "Free the Vote Act" (HB 2030) seems to ignore why the vote is locked up in the first place • SB 5777, to pay state-funded unemployment benefits to workers who choose to go on strike • A few bills that didn't make the cut • House Bill 2323 would require rental property owners to report only on time rent payments • Initiative 2124 would make a new payroll tax optional for workers • SB 5770 would overturn Initiative 747 property tax limitation that was passed by the voters in 2001