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Opinion: Workers need employers: New state income tax puts job opportunities at risk
A new study projects roughly 7,800 fewer full-time-equivalent jobs in Washington in 2028 due to the state's new 9.9% income tax.
Opinion: Striking workers are now expected to seek work like others
…earch rules for striking workers or risk losing funding and employer tax credits.
VIDEO: Striking workers add to deficit risk for Washington jobless fund
Washington paid $565,700 in unemployment benefits to 151 striking workers in the first seven months of the year.
Opinion: Don’t be fooled by the hype
A spring 2026 survey found 24% of WA employers considering relocating out of state, nearly triple the winter 2025 level.
Letter: ‘A strike is the withdrawal of labor in a dispute the employer co-produces at the bargaining table’
…argues Senate Bill 5041 removes a structural tilt favoring employers in labor disputes.
Opinion: UI fund has a government-made leak harming workers and their employers
138 striking workers have collected 642 weeks of UI benefits totaling nearly $506,000 under Washington's new law.
Opinion: Washington’s fading fiscal shine - how decades of uncontrolled spending are eroding the state's AAA credit rating
…'s affirmed Washington's AAA rating but assigned a Negative Outlook, citing structural budget imbalances.
Opinion: Washington's budget outlook darkens with latest revenue forecast
Washington's next budget has only 2.5% capacity while projected inflation could hit 9.4% over two years.
WA Cares ready-ish to launch; family caregivers remain in the dark
…and family caregiver guidance funnels toward a union-linked employer.
Opinion: More employers mean more opportunities for workers
A Washington Policy Center analyst argues that fewer employers directly means fewer choices and less power for workers.
WA employers added jobs in May, but unemployment rate stayed stuck at 5.2%
Washington added 10,600 jobs in May — its best month this year — yet unemployment held at 5.2%, up from 4.5% a year ago.
Opinion: Hospital price transparency is good, but its impact will be limited
Washington still shields hospitals from competition through certificate-of-need laws other states have repealed.