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Opinion: Educational choice is not only needed for schools now, but it’s needed to see what schools are capable of becoming
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Opinion: Educational choice is not only needed for schools now, but it’s needed to see what schools are capable of becoming

A new column by Discovery Institute’s Keri Ingraham, originally published in The Puget Sound Business Journal, but also found here, is a reminder of how, despite all the innovation and technology w…

Aug 25, 2022

Opinion: While Washingtonians continue to wait, Idaho governor calls special session for major broad-based tax cuts
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Opinion: While Washingtonians continue to wait, Idaho governor calls special session for major broad-based tax cuts

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center points out several states across the nation are on round two and three of tax cuts.

Aug 24, 2022

Opinion: Lawmakers have proposed an income tax more than 50 times since 1991
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Opinion: Lawmakers have proposed an income tax more than 50 times since 1991

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center points out how some lawmakers refuse to take no for an answer.

Aug 23, 2022

Opinion: When should you write someone in?
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Opinion: When should you write someone in?

In her weekly column, Nancy Churchill offers advice and understanding about the law for write-in candidates in Washington state

Aug 23, 2022

Opinion: Sheriff candidate Rey Reynolds addresses campaign rumor
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Opinion: Sheriff candidate Rey Reynolds addresses campaign rumor

Reynolds says rumor of him offering administrative position for endorsement is ‘100 percent completely false’

Aug 22, 2022

Opinion: When confronted by WPC study on learning loss, OSPI changes the subject and attacks the messenger
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Opinion: When confronted by WPC study on learning loss, OSPI changes the subject and attacks the messenger

Opinion: When confronted by WPC study on learning loss, OSPI changes the subject and attacks the messenger.

Aug 22, 2022

POLL: Should Gov. Jay Inslee end his COVID state of emergency, which has now surpassed 900 days?
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POLL: Should Gov. Jay Inslee end his COVID state of emergency, which has now surpassed 900 days?

Should Gov. Jay Inslee end his COVID state of emergency, which has now surpassed 900 days?

Aug 18, 2022

Opinion: Opting out of the long-term-care payroll tax is more complicated than necessary, suggesting it’s just a nice gesture
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Opinion: Opting out of the long-term-care payroll tax is more complicated than necessary, suggesting it’s just a nice gesture

Elizabeth Hovde explains why legislative attempts to fix a poorly written, misguided law that will harm state workers are missing the mark

Aug 18, 2022

Opinion: The effect of emergency-ordered school closing, learning loss and mask mandates on children
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Opinion: The effect of emergency-ordered school closing, learning loss and mask mandates on children

Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center offers more insight on how Washington’s school closure policy caused children significant learning losses and other issues.

Aug 17, 2022

Opinion: Updated numbers on people exempted from state’s long-term-care program and payroll tax
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Opinion: Updated numbers on people exempted from state’s long-term-care program and payroll tax

Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center provides an update from the Employment Security Department on exemption applications.

Aug 17, 2022

Opinion: Washington students were harmed by the governor’s school closure policy, so why is it still an option?
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Opinion: Washington students were harmed by the governor’s school closure policy, so why is it still an option?

David Boze of the Washington Policy Center addresses the issue of school closures during the past two years and the potential for more going forward

Aug 16, 2022

Opinion: 900 days of emergency orders with no end in sight
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Opinion: 900 days of emergency orders with no end in sight

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers a history of Washington’s emergency orders during the pandemic

Aug 16, 2022

Opinion: Arizona expands options for parents to educate their children
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Opinion: Arizona expands options for parents to educate their children

Last year, here in Washington state, parents pulled 41,000 students out of the public school.

Aug 15, 2022

Opinion: Income Tax vs. Excise Tax
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Opinion: Income Tax vs. Excise Tax

In her weekly column, Nancy Churchill discusses the political manipulation of language.

Aug 15, 2022

Opinion: Employment Security Department denies wrongdoing despite internal memos proving otherwise
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Opinion: Employment Security Department denies wrongdoing despite internal memos proving otherwise

Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center discusses a recent audit that finds theft of over $600 million of taxpayer funds was primarily due to insufficient fraud prevention controls.

Aug 14, 2022

Opinion: CDC acknowledges changing situation with COVID-19; Inslee has some catching up to do
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Opinion: CDC acknowledges changing situation with COVID-19; Inslee has some catching up to do

Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center explains why the vaccine mandate needs to be thrown out along with the booster directive.

Aug 12, 2022

Opinion: How much will Washington’s new CO2 tax increase gas prices? Let’s bet!
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Opinion: How much will Washington’s new CO2 tax increase gas prices? Let’s bet!

Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center is willing to put his reputation and much more on the line.

Aug 12, 2022

POLL: Experts say the Inflation Reduction Act passed by the Senate raises taxes on the middle class, even though President Joe Biden says it doesn’t. Who do you trust? The experts or President Biden?
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POLL: Experts say the Inflation Reduction Act passed by the Senate raises taxes on the middle class, even though President Joe Biden says it doesn’t. Who do you trust? The experts or President Biden?

Experts say the Inflation Reduction Act passed by the Senate raises taxes on the middle class, even though President Joe Biden says it doesn’t. Who do you trust? The experts or President Biden?

Aug 11, 2022