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Opinion: Proposed bill would cut funding to schools that do not adopt controversial state-imposed curriculum
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes one of the main reasons polls show a loss of faith in so many of our public institutions is the decline in…
Opinion: Proposed House budget promises $200 checks, but only if voters keep the CO2 tax
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center points out that the payments are the only budget item using CO2 tax revenue that must be spent this year in the Sen…
Opinion: Fact Check – Repealing the capital gains income tax will ‘devastate’ basic education. Is that true?
Paul Guppy of the Washington Policy Center points out the fact that an income tax hurts our state explains why voters, who collectively are generally smarter…
Opinion: Senate Bill 5570, removing the 1% cap on property taxes, has failed to pass this year
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center explains that the property tax increase would make housing less affordable, working against many other efforts to h…
Opinion: House Democrats pass rent control House Bill 2114 guaranteeing an increase in rent
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center explains that House Bill 2114 will not help reduce rents in the rental property market.
Opinion: A bill that should offend all workers clears the House
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center provides analysis of the passage of House Bill 1893 by the Washington House of Representatives.
Opinion: HB 2331 would create yet another reason for families to leave the public education system
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center states that she has ‘never seen the rising level of distrust and broad decline in reputation for public schools as…
Opinion: HB 2331 would defund schools that do not adopt controversial curriculum mandated by the state
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center explains that many parents are concerned about the radical leftwing political shift in schools.
Opinion: Minimum Wage hikes, predictably, increase the cost of fast food – is a $10 Big Mac on the horizon?
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center believes there is no way around the effects of minimum wage increases.
Opinion: Workforce issue rightly in focus in Olympia
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center explains why lawmakers should take more opportunities to lessen state licensing restrictions that are harmful to wo…
Opinion: HB 2494, to add more funding to amply funded public schools, will not help students
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes that what public education needs is not more money, but more common sense reforms.
Opinion: HB 2058, to weaken the family by displacing parents as providers of food and nourishment
In response to House Bill 2058, Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center states her belief that the central mission of the public schools is to educate children, not to feed them.