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Opinion: I-2124, concerning the long-term-care payroll tax, is certified: Will lawmakers consider it?
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center asks: ‘will state lawmakers give I-2124 hearings and floor votes as Washingtonians are demanding, or will they cont…
Opinion: Hospital-at-home programs offer an innovative solution to freeing up hospital beds
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center explains that HB 2295 and SB 6101 would give the state more solutions for freeing up needed acute-care beds.
Opinion: Senate Bill 5770 would overturn Initiative 747 passed by the voters in 2001
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center says lawmakers need to get serious about housing affordability instead of hurting the homeowners and renters of Was…
Opinion: Cold weather reveals wind’s vulnerabilities and the need to empower energy consumers
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center discusses the need to ensure Washington has energy sources that can be turned on when needed.
Opinion: Washington state should stop collecting dues for unions, protect worker rights instead
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center believes the state-union partnership helps keep public workers in the dark about their rights.
Opinion: State agencies fail the basic math of CO2 cost, but believe they can do the calculus of economic transformation
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center doesn’t believe adding more power to the government and more taxpayer subsidies to failed policies won’t solve that…
Opinion: State is going after the wrong goals in health care
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center provides an update on the recent Universal Health Care Commission meeting.
Opinion: Documents show Gov. Inslee knew a tax on CO2 would significantly increase gas prices
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center explains how it has been obvious the governor and his administration knew they were lying about how a tax on CO2 wo…
Opinion: Several tax repeal proposals may be on the ballot in Washington state for 2024
Jason Mercier of the Mountain States Policy Center provides an overview of the tax repeal proposals that will likely be on the ballot in Washington state in 2024.
Opinion: In 2023, private environmental innovation accelerated while government policy became more absurd
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center hopes that 2023 was a transformational year for environmental policy, when the failure and dishonesty of government…
Opinion: Savings should be used for our needs, but supporters of WA Cares think otherwise
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center believes supporters of WA Cares have the wrong idea.
Opinion: Americans believe in local solutions, even if they don’t know it
Donald Kimball of the Washington Policy Center believes fostering a renewed commitment to the idea that the strength of change lies fundamentally in the hands of…