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Tuberculosis cases on the rise globally and in Washington state
Widespread disruptions in public health and healthcare services and missed TB diagnoses due to similarities in symptoms between COVID-19 and TB are thought to have contributed to TB cases rising.
Opinion: Big to-do list for group overseeing state’s long-term-care law
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center provides insight into the Monday meeting of the Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Commission.
Opinion: Washington state stubbornly refuses to cut taxes for families
Chris Cargill of the Washington Policy Center points out how the hardliners in the Washington State Legislature have decided to keep extra money for their own sp…
Opinion: State epidemiologist ‘proud’ of agency’s failed COVID contact tracing program, says everyone else is to blame
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center discusses the consistent failure of the state’s contact tracing program during the pandemic.
Opinion: Majority of Democratic trifecta states pursuing broad tax relief
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center points out that while Gov. Inslee and the majority party passed on the opportunity to provide broad-based tax relie…
Trout season ramps up as lakes open across Washington April 23, trout derby gets underway
The Washington trout season begins in earnest Saturday, April 23, when hundreds of lakes stocked with catchable trout open for business and the…
Opinion: Expensive marketing continues for state’s long-term-care fund, while the number of workers seeking exemption continues to rise
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center shines the light on the marketing of the long-term-care fund (payroll tax).
Opinion: SBOH votes against pursuing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for school and day care children in Washington state at this time
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center shares insight into decision by the Washington State Board of Health.
County approves DNR helicopter operations at Camp Bonneville to support wildfire suppression efforts
…il earlier this month approved an interlocal agreement with Washington State Department of Natural Resources allowing DNR to establish a forward operating base for helicopter operations at Camp Bonnev…
Rep. Brandon Vick announces this will be his last term in the Legislature
…, who is in the middle of his tenth year as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives, plans to finish the remainder of his term representing the 18th Legislative District.
Opinion: Washington attorney general fires Ukrainian paralegal over vaccine mandate
Mariya Frost of the Washington Policy Center illustrates how Washington continues to maintain its state of emergency and vaccine mandate.
DOH issues health advisory regarding sturgeon in lower Columbia River
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is issuing a health advisory for consumption of sturgeon from the lower Columbia River, which ex…