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Opinion: Your opportunity to hit the financial reset button starts now
Kristen Gillis of OnPoint Community Credit Union shares five tips for reviewing and updating your personal finances for 2023.
Opinion: Adding climate change to the Growth Management Act adds cost but won’t help the environment
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center points out that Washington already has a very strict climate law and legislators should focus elsewhere to help Washington’s environment.
Opinion: Abortion bills in Washington state include SB 5242, eliminating cost-sharing for enrollees
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center discusses SB 5242, which would require state-regulated health plans in the state to cover abortion with no cost-sharing charges to an enrollee.
Opinion: State needs to fully reimburse hospitals for care provided patients in its programs
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center believes SB 5103 would bring an important change because hospitals need reimbursement for the care they are giving post-acute patients on Medicaid.
Opinion: Washington gas prices jump about 10 cents as CO2 tax takes effect
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center explains how the governor is not being straight with reporters or the public about the impact of his law.
POLL: Should books with descriptions and illustrations of adult-themed sexual content be allowed to be placed in public school libraries?
Should books with descriptions and illustrations of adult-themed sexual content be allowed to be placed in public school libraries?
Letter: Vancouver Public School District parents want the book “Gender Queer” removed
Vancouver resident Michael Jelineo joins the fight to have book removed from Vancouver Public Schools libraries.
Opinion: Dozens of Democratic lawmakers propose wealth tax for Washington
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center asks Washingtonians if they would be willing to pay an additional 1 percent tax on the value of their total financial assets each year.
Letter: ‘We don’t understand why VPS did not follow their own policy’
Vancouver resident Gloria Tumlinson asks citizens to join her in requesting Vancouver Public Schools remove book from Fort Vancouver High School library.
Opinion: The number is in: 484,704 apply to get out of payroll tax headed workers’ way, meeting deadline
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center offers her latest take on information about the long-term-care issue in Washington state.
Opinion: Background resources for capital gains income tax court hearing
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers a decade of research and short educational videos discussing this income tax.
Opinion: Prepare to make less money than expected: PFML payroll tax doubles in 2023
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center believes lawmakers should stop digging a PFML hole, admit the program harms more workers than it helps, and let workers in our state keep more of the…
Letter: ‘What happens when the day comes that we ourselves need care?’
Vancouver resident Vicki Bickford expresses her appreciation for the WA Cares program
Opinion: Legislature 2023: House Bill 1124 would increase rents and reduce available rental housing
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center shares why HB 1124 is poor policy that is looking for a problem that does not exist and will not result in better renter protections.
Opinion: Gun Control Week at the Washington Legislature
Nancy Churchill discusses an important public hearing in the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee where concerned citizens can submit public testimony on four gun control bills.
Letter: ‘Shouldn’t schools encourage abstinence?’
Vancouver resident Laurie Pascual discusses the presence of pornography in school libraries
POLL: Should the state Attorney General’s office invalidate the $17 billion ‘Move Ahead Washington’ transportation package?
Should the state Attorney General’s office invalidate the $17 billion ‘Move Ahead Washington’ transportation package?
Opinion: Workforce issues a 2023 legislative priority
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center offers solutions on ending the mandate.