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Opinion: Legislature will get another shot at real emergency powers reform
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center believes our system of governance is not meant to be the arbitrary rule of one behind closed doors.
Opinion: Gov. Inslee speaks about his vaccine mandate
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center shares that the governor’s dealings with COVID-19 seem more political than about public health.
Opinion: The cost of Washington’s new CO2 tax: the bad news and the less bad news
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center shares that the impact on prices will appear next year.
Opinion: House Bill 1029 aims to reemploy workers forced out of jobs for lack of a COVID-19 vaccination
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center is hopeful the bill and others will ensure lawmakers openly discuss how the mandate brings no demonstrable public h…
Opinion: Summary of capital gains income tax amicus briefs
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers a recap of arguments that the capital gains tax is an excise tax and those claiming it is unconstitutional.
Opinion: Washington state has permission to subsidize health insurance for undocumented immigrants
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center explains why the state doesn’t need to be looking for ways to get more people dependent on the government and its t…
Opinion: Washington Policy Center joins capital gains income tax amicus brief
…on Mercier explains why the brief should be accepted by the Washington state Supreme Court.
State Supreme Court overturns voter-approved local collective bargaining transparency requirement
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center shares why taxpayers still have a right to know how public spending decisions are made on their behalf.
‘Significant investments’: Gov. Inslee previews legislative ask on behavioral health
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, speaking from the University of Washington Medical Center Northwest in Seattle at a Friday morning press c…
Opinion: Washington state Department of Health wants to teach children that global warming and racism are public health problems
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center states ‘with state officials pushing harmful and divisive curriculum in public schools, it’s no wonder families are…
Opinion: Last-minute policy gifts
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center has some fun with thoughts for the upcoming 2023 Legislative Session.
Opinion: Lawmakers can help workers with this WA Cares repeal bill
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center explains why lawmakers should take the legislator’s gift of a way out of bad policy.